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WHAT kind of computer does Michael Dell use?

Last April, the company’s Direct2Dell blog reported that the chairman and CEO of the world’s second largest computer manufacturer had begun using a Precis

According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product

ion M90 notebook and a handful of open source applications running on Ubuntu 7.04, the latest release of one of the world’s most popular free Linux distributions.

The tidbit about the chairman’s new

; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

Examples of combination products may in

otebook was yet another sign that the computer maker is taking Linux seriously as a viable alternative to Windows.

Earlier, the company said it would offer some consumer desktop PCs and notebooks wit

lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

h factory-installed Linux, in response to a survey last March where 70 percent of 100,000 respondents said they would use such computers at home or in the office.

On May 1, the company ended speculat

here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe

on over which flavor of Linux it would choose by announcing a deal with Canonical, the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu. As part of the deal, Canonical will certify the Dell models that come with Ubuntu

d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

Combination pro

and will also provide support for the Linux distribution, which users will have the option to buy from Dell’s Web site.

Although the deal involves only a few models and the Ubuntu PCs will be availab

ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc

e only in the United States at the start, the program is significant all the same because it raises the profile of Linux, which was mostly used on servers just a few years ago.

“An initiative like th

easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi

is by Dell is phenomenally important in terms of raising the attention of the whole, broader industry to the importance of Linux as a [desktop] platform,” says Canonical Chief Executive Mark Shuttlewo

nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically

th, who was in Austin, Texas to announce the deal.

“What we’re going to see in the next couple of years is… more and more mainstream folks choose Linux as a platform because of its inherent character

and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ

istics.” On his blog, Shuttleworth adds that Dell’s announcement will also encourage hardware manufacturers to provide Linux drivers for the devices they sell, thereby removing one of the major obsta

ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi

les—compatibility—to a wider adoption of the open source operating system.

“Those manufacturers who are Linux-aware will have a significant advantage selling their components to global PC vendors who

ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

Following aspects would a

are shipping Linux, because those PC vendors can offer the same components across both Linux and Windows PC’s. That commonality reduces cost, and cost is everything in the volume PC market,” Shuttlewo

dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod

rth writes.

Ironically, factory-installed Linux offerings are far less important in markets like the Philippines, where consumers are more likely to buy white boxes with no operating systems than bra

cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin

ded desktop PCs with Windows installed. Often, these buyers will opt to install pirated Windows instead and save a bundle.

This is not the case with notebooks, of course, where hardware and software

tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen

compatibility is a bigger issue.

In either case, there may be business opportunities for savvy PC retailers who can charge a minimal service fee for installing Ubuntu or some other user-friendly Linu

t?

As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel

distribution on white-box PCs and notebooks. Local PC and notebook assemblers, too, can get into the act and offer cost-effective Linux systems without the “operating system tax” that branded PCs car

ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust

ry.

The ultimate selling point, however, isn’t the price, even though getting a free copy of Ubuntu—which already comes with its own office suite and a truckload of other free software--looks a lot m

y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products

re attractive than paying P6,988 for Windows Vista Home Premium OEM and P7,188 for MS Office 2007 Home and Student OEM. The best argument for going to Linux on the desktop is its stability and its re

.

As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de

silience to viruses and spyware that are the bane of Windows computing.

Linux on the desktop will grow stronger, simply because it makes sense. This early, smart PC vendors and retailers should inves

elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

Companies that provide selfless information through particip

in developing some expertise in the increasingly popular operating system and learning which of their products work with Linux. It’s not that difficult, and the payoffs will grow as Linux usage rises

tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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