nrballardco@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> NoStop wrote:
>> The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>>
>> > In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Oliver Wong
>> > <owong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> > wrote
>> > on Fri, 13 Oct 2006 22:08:03 GMT
>> > <77UXg.21195$H7.4644@edtnps82>:
>> >>
>> >> "Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:3875717.sjX3HT5mvz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >>> Linux XP Desktop: A Windows face on an old Linux base
>> >>>
>> >>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> >>> | Unlike Linspire and Xandros, which are both based on Debian, Linux
>> >>> | XP is derived from Fedora. It runs an extensively modified version
>> >>> | of GNOME to create an environment a Windows user should be
>> >>> | comfortable with. Its manifesto claims that Linux XP is not a
>> >>> | "cheap copycat product" but
>> >>> rather
>> >>> | a mature and stable "ready-to-migrate desktop system." This I had
>> >>> | to
>> >>> see.
>> >>> `----
>> >>>
>> >>> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/10/11/1439232
>> >>
>> >> When Windows "steals" GUI ideas from Linux/Apple, it's a evil and
>> >> obviously a sign that Microsoft is incapable of innovating...
>> >>
>> >> When Linux "borrows" the look and feel of Windows, it's all in the
>> >> name
>> >> of providing a satisfying end-user experience for potential
>> >> converts...
>> >>
>> >> - Oliver
>> >>
>> >
>> > Obviously, Microsoft needs to launch a lawsuit alleging that Linux
>> > distros are stealing all of their best ideas, like
>> > moving menus, single-desktop capabilities, and tabbed browsing.
>> >
>> > :-)
>> >
>> Not to mention the most innovative aspect of Windoze - the Start button
>> which one needs to click to shutdown the machine.
>>
>
> Next thing you know, the commercial Linux vendors will start doing
> *really* screwy things...like using the CTRL-ALT-DEL sequence to manage
> processes.
Or even engage in a bit of tabless browsing by refusing
to open a link in a new tab.
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