Wilbert
20th February 2004, 23:18
For those who are considering to buy a Dell PC. Dell is taking extra measures on its Web site to ensure that its customers are not developing weapons of mass destruction.
The computer maker has hit upon a direct way of ensuring customers are not planning to use hardware bought from its e-commerce sites for nefarious purposes: it simply asks them.
As part of the export compliance process on Dell's U.S. and U.K. Web sites, it asks the buyer some questions: Who will be the product's end user? What is the intended use? And it asks whether the products will be exported (and if so, to what countries), and whether the products will "be used in connection with weapons of mass destruction, i.e. nuclear applications, missile technology, or chemical or biological weapons purposes."
More info: http://news.com.com/2100-1003_3-5162536.html?tag=nefd_top
Of course, you shouldn't buy a Dell in the first place, but you know what to tell them in case you do buy one :)
The computer maker has hit upon a direct way of ensuring customers are not planning to use hardware bought from its e-commerce sites for nefarious purposes: it simply asks them.
As part of the export compliance process on Dell's U.S. and U.K. Web sites, it asks the buyer some questions: Who will be the product's end user? What is the intended use? And it asks whether the products will be exported (and if so, to what countries), and whether the products will "be used in connection with weapons of mass destruction, i.e. nuclear applications, missile technology, or chemical or biological weapons purposes."
More info: http://news.com.com/2100-1003_3-5162536.html?tag=nefd_top
Of course, you shouldn't buy a Dell in the first place, but you know what to tell them in case you do buy one :)