When is Dell going to offer Linux for small businesses?

The intent of the product was to offer Ubuntu on consumer systems for home enthusiasts, which is why it has not been available for business customers. However, we have heard from many small business customers that they would like to buy the systems with Ubuntu as well. We're *considering* expanding the offering to small business customers in the future.

They shipped mine very quickly.

I tried to order XPS410N at work (medium business, California)
Here are the replies I've got:

Unfortunately the XPS 410 is a consumer grade machine that is not offered in the business space. So I am not able to quote.
Is there anything in the business class I can quote for you instead?

You mean, those are somehow only good for home use?

We don't offer Ubuntu installed on any of the business class machines. Its typically considered a consumer class OS much like Windows XP home.

W...what?! Comparing Ubuntu with WinXP?! How can an OS with a kernel "optimized for 8 CPUs or mores" (just tick the box for 'server kernel' in Synaptix) and a truckload of development and server software be considered "consumer grade" only?

My best recommendation if you are looking for something with Linux on it would be to look at the items in the Precision family...

Great. XPS 410 N with E6600 CPU, 2GB RAM: $756
Precision 390 N (cheapest option), same CPU/RAM/HD: $1656, a tad $900 more

Dell, get serious. I really appreciate your Linux and FreeDOS offerings (or more generally PCs without the Windows tax), but frankly, non-tech-savvy users buying their PC at the local grocery store won't even get a chance to choose Ubuntu, and most geeks buying hardware for home use won't go for preconfigured systems like Dell offers.
Where Dell's Ubuntu offering become really interesting is for laptops, where piecing machines together isn't practical, and businesses, which want "pre-made stuff that works", installed & tested, no fiddling around with drivers and kernel options, no paying for useless stuff like an extra OS.

I need to buy GNU/Linux/FOSS-friendly hardware very soon. I'd be happy to get Dell stuff, as over 90% of our PCs are already Dells... unless of course it turns out to be too much of a headache because of some reasons beyond me I can't even get a quote for some systems.