This is actually very much relevant to the recent news. Yesterday you have Apple removing valid complaints from one user about their products, while Dell has a very different company approach to let the information flow transparently among their followers. This thread would not even have appeared if there were no such transparency.
Exactly. This is a thread about Dell, and it should remain that way. The parent was simply flamebait.
edit: three Apple-haters so far. Keep them comin'! :)