Dell Thinking About Changing its Business Model?

In the face of increasing competiton and slower sales, it seems like the folks at Dell are seriously considering if a shift in their business model would be a positive way of increasing performance.

"It is the first time that Dell or any other senior executive has publicly conceded that the business model that was crucial to the company's success could - and should - be altered. Until now, the company responded with an adamant no when Wall Street analysts or customers asked whether the company would consider other ways of selling." -IHT, April 29th, 2007

Also interesting to note is how Dell has also jumped onto the open source bandwagon by beginning to provide desktop/laptop configurations that come pre-loaded with Ubuntu.

[Full Story : International Herald Tribune - Dell thinking about changing the way it markets ]
[See Also :PC World - Dell to Offer Ubuntu Linux on PCs, Laptops]