I see that Dell has a Linux blog, called with disarming clarity, Dell Linux blog. It is good to see use of the format that is easy to use and flexible, alas, Dell does not seem to make the full use of the advantages blogs can have.

On the good side, the blog has:

• Permalinks and comments


• Categories


• RSS syndication

However, it misses out on:

• Archives - by date (if a blog does not have an about me blurb, I always like to check the first post) and by author (if a blog has several, it is advisable to have author archives too)


• Comments section (instead it links to a page with an email address and some stuff about how they should not be contacting them for tech support)


• Trackback


• Blogroll

So you get updates, fairly informal language, but no feedback, no community connection or network. Oh well. Still, they have a blog.

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