Dell whining about being Microsoft's lapdog

C|Net News has an article in which Dell CTO Kevin Kettler claims they're not the lapdog of Microsoft and Intel. This whining came about at the LinuxWord Expo. Despite Dell's occassional boast to support Linux they've been really passive supporting the open source OS.

Here I sit in a cafe looking at a Dell flyer. The flyer is 8 pages including front and back cover. At the top of the front page, Dell recommends Windows XP Professional. On the inside page same thing, positioned slightly different, but in a very obvious position. The opposing page sports a huge "Intel Inside Centrino" logo. Flip over to the next page and we have more "Dell recommends Windows XP Professional." On the opposing page Dell flouts "Intel Pentium 4 HT inside." Flip over again, more Windows XP, though they do change the logo on the opposing page, the opposing logo, you guessed it, Microsoft Office, not just in one place, but a couple. Finally the last page has both a "Dell recommends Windows XP Professional" positioning and an "Intel Pentium 4 HT inside" logo. No Dell, you're not Wintel's lapdog, not at all.