"John Locke" <johnlocke98513@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:oulmb3ld2tfda8pvm5veth2qg0ah9tg23u@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007 13:52:15 -0400, "Capt. Morgan" <rumboy@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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>>"Roy Schestowitz" <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>news:2591994.z46s8p6uOa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Windows Vista kicked out of Olympics PCs
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | Microsoft's latest version of Windows is too risky to implement for
>>> the
>>> | important computers managing the 2008 Olympic summer games in Beijing,
>>> said
>>> | the event's computer supplier and sponsor Lenovo.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/08/08/no.vista.on.olympic.pcs/
>>
>>
>>So they will use Windows XP instead. Where's linux?
>>
> Yeah..it makes no sense. Being that this is an Olympic event, you'd think
> they
> would want to showcase a new and progressive technology like Linux. Not
> the
> tired, old Windows crap that everyone's been bludgeoned with for years.
Also - Didn't I read many posts here about how big linux is in China and how
China is embracing linux and all that jazz.
As they say, actions speak louder than words.
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