____/ John Locke on Friday 10 August 2007 05:48 : \____
> On Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:00:50 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> "Could Microsoft be playing a very deep game and be getting ready to launch
> their own version of Linux? Maybe – it's surely not the first time someone
> has speculated about “Microsoft Linux.”"
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> It just amazes me that Microsoft did not explore the development of their own
> LInux distro years ago. Instead, they chose the highly expensive and
> controversial avenue of "patent infringement" threats and ambiguous "deals".
What about Xenix < http://boycottnovell.com/2007/07/04/no-tax-no-linux-play/ >
and other SCO-related issues?
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