Installing Linux on Gateway systems VOID your warranty...
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| Linux is not supported, period, and no support will be provided for systems
| with Linux installed. Any software of hardware issues that arise while Linux
| is installed will not be supported by Gateway in any form.
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http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=533105
Wal-Mart Needs More Than DRM-Free Music to Compete With Apple
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| Despite the near-universal appeal of MP3 music, you need a Microsoft Windows
| computer, Microsoft Media Player, and Microsoft Internet Explorer to even
| browse Wal-Mart's music site [I captured the image above using Windows 2000
| on Virtual PC]. Ironically, customers looking to avoid DRM and gain access to
| DRM-free music only can do so by subscribing to Microsoft's rights-managed
| environments.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/seekingalpha/070823/45375_id.html?.v=1
Wal-Mart is just like the BBC. Their execs are related or tied to Microsoft.
Related:
Walmart video site gets worse
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| As you can see, if you go to their video downloading page here,
| it now properly detects your browser. Yay, progress! Sadly, if
| you are not using the spyware vector called IE, well, it locks you
| out. You get the following error message.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37514
FUD from Microsoft when they had the deal with Wal-Mart:
Wal-Mart eyes Microsoft for Web build-out
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| She said the intellectual property protections in the Novell deal
| give Wal-Mart more confidence in using Linux more broadly.
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| Questions over intellectual property are a "huge problem," Stewart
| said. The company now uses Linux in the data center of its current
| Web presence but had some trepidation with the idea of expanding it
| a much larger operation.
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| "To think about using it pervasively, we were very concerned about
| it," she said. The larger Web operation would have "significantly
| higher legal exposure.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6152247.html
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