Ubuntu takes community ideas from Dell
News A feedback site for the Ubuntu community has been launched, inspired by the success of Dell's IdeaStorm website. Dell launched IdeaStorm a year ago in order to gauge customer opinion on a variety of issues.
[February 29, 2008, 10:56]
Dell bows to user pressure over 'bloatware'
News Ever since the computer manufacturer set up the IdeaStorm forum for customers to raise issues they wanted addressed, one of the most popular topics on the site has been that of bloatware. Feedback on the IdeaStorm website has also resulted in Dell...
[June 22, 2007, 17:06]
Dell users demand more Linux options
News Nearly 40,000 users have used the Dell Ideastorm website to promote the suggestion that Dell should: "Offer the three top free Linux versions [Fedora, OpenSuse and Ubuntu] for free pre-installation on all Dell PCs".
[February 20, 2007, 16:03]
Dell prompted into action over open source
News The requests were made through a new user forum, Dell IdeaStorm, which was launched by Dell 10 days ago, shortly after Michael Dell regained the chief executive's hot seat. Dell IdeaStorm gives users the chance to tell the PC vendor what kind of...
[February 26, 2007, 12:14]
Dell chooses Ubuntu for Linux PCs
News The company plans to announce the Linux move on Tuesday on its IdeaStorm website, launched in February to gather feedback directly from customers about what they want. Linux-based PCs was an "overwhelming" request from the IdeaStorm site, Cook said.
[May 1, 2007, 15:44]
Microsoft workers seek Office suggestions
News Steve Zaske, a product planner on the Office development team, wrote in a blog post on Monday that the site, MakeOfficeBetter.com, was inspired by Dell's IdeaStorm website. I'm a huge fan of crowd-sourcing, and love Dell's IdeaStorm website, so I...
[August 12, 2009, 11:50]
Companies selling preinstalled desktop Linux
Talkback more idea on ideastorm.com, by now, more than 119636 peoples voted.requie pre-Installed Linux or Ubuntu or Fedora or OpenSUSE or Multi-Boot.software reviews
[April 2, 2007, 13:27]
Microsoft missing out on User Feedback 2.0
Blog It's a nifty little site, explicitly based on the success of Dell's IdeaStorm (also the inspiration for suggestion sites for Ubuntu and others). IdeaStorm and MakeOfficeBetter.com are ways of saying to the customer: "Look, tell us what you want to...
[August 13, 2009, 17:39]
Pressure mounts on Dell over Linux PCs
News The decision to sell PCs with pre-loaded Linux came as a result of pressure from visitors to the IdeaStorm website, Dell's user forum. IdeaStorm is now playing host to several motions calling for the company to offer such products outside the US.
[June 18, 2007, 17:06]
Dell readies ultra-portable?
Blog Comment What's also interesting is that the design seems, in part, to have come from Dell's IdeaStorm effort, which lets users suggest what features and new products they'd like to see from Dell. There's now a post on a Dell product PR blog acknowledging...
[May 30, 2008, 13:01]
Dell offers discount on Linux PCs
News Some visitors to the IdeaStorm website, Dell's user forum, suggested that the move would have an effect on sales of Windows. Dell will offer its Linux PCs for $50 (£24) less than the equivalent Windows PCs, the company has revealed on one of its...
[July 4, 2007, 17:59]
Dell launches Linux PCs in the UK
News According to Dell, the launch was a result of pressure from users of its IdeaStorm forum. Dell has launched two PC models with a pre-installed Linux operating system in the UK. From Wednesday, UK customers will be able to buy two desktop models...
[August 7, 2007, 15:19]
Dell brings back XP amid user demand
News However, the company said its customers have been asking for XP as part of its IdeaStorm project, which asks customers to help the company come up with product ideas. Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has...
[April 20, 2007, 17:22]
Dell yields to Linux demands
News Thousands of users made their requests through the IdeaStorm, a forum established by Dell to gather customers' opinions. Faced with mounting user demands for PCs with a Linux operating system, Dell has finally yielded, announcing on Tuesday that it...
[May 2, 2007, 15:11]
SuSE next for Dell PCs?
Blog In Dell's user forum, the IdeaStorm, users have promoted in their thousands the request that Open Office (currently promoted by 97,000 users) and Firefox (promoted by 72,000 users) should come pre-installed on Dell's machines.
[May 3, 2007, 11:55]
Dell's Linux PCs withheld from UK
News Over 130,000 users of Dell's IdeaStorm forum have "promoted" a suggestion that the vendor should offer pre-installed Linux as an alternative to Windows. Dell will not sell Linux PCs in the UK — at least for the time being.
[May 3, 2007, 11:37]
Dell boosts its digital-healthcare strengths
News In addition to the partnerships, Dell added a healthcare section to its IdeaStorm, electronic brainstorming tool. Dell joined a growing chorus of IT companies trying to grab a bigger slice of the market for digital healthcare records.
[April 7, 2009, 11:53]
Dell to cut PC power by 25 percent
News Following a campaign on the company's IdeaStorm forum, the company announced that most of the pre-installed software on its computers would become optional at the point of configuration. Dell has committed to improving the energy efficiency of its...
[May 16, 2008, 11:38]
Dell tests users' appetite for Linux
News Dell admitted that it was doing this after another project designed to glean customer feedback, IdeaStorm, revealed that adopting Linux was easily the most popular idea, with 83,000 votes. Dell has sent out a questionnaire to see if users are...
[March 14, 2007, 15:49]
