Welcome to the Sony Open Source Code Distribution web page.
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| To access to the GPL and LGPL Code used in Sony products, select
| a product from the list on the page that follows.
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http://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/
The amount of Linux code for televisions if vast.
Dell, Thank you for the n series... please fix the prices!
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| Apparently it's cheaper to have Windows on your Dell than not to.
| Why is this? Please fix it, or at least tell us why... a large part
| of the reason for most who want Linux on a Dell is to save money
| and/or to not support Microsoft. I don't wish to support a company
| that chooses to push its poor excuse for an operating system
| through monopolistic practices, as proven in court numerous times.
| Although I'd prefer seeing pre-installed Linux, the n-series is
| indeed a step in the right direction. Ubuntu, SuSE, vanilla
| Debian, and Redhat/Fedora being options would make me happy.
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http://www.dellideastorm.com/article/show/63651/Thank_you_for_the_n_series_please_fix_the_prices
Related:
Hey dude, you're getting Linux on that Dell
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| Dell Inc. has announced that it's taking the user suggestions
| seriously and will soon debut and sell a new line of certified,
| user-ready Linux-loaded desktop and laptop computers.
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9011728&source=rss_news50
http://tinyurl.com/2xayah
At Dell, Windows XP Home is $19 less than worthless
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| Latitude D520N Duo (with FreeDOS): $984
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| Latitude D520 Dual Core (with Windows XP Home Edition SP2): $965
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http://danpritchard.com/blog/2007/02/21/dell-winxphome-19-less-than-worthless/
Microsoft Shuts Down Linux 10 Years Ago Says Iowa Attorne
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| Going back now to as early as 1998, Microsoft starts to realize that
| Linux might pose a possible threat, and Vinod Valloppillil, who is
| a program manager at Microsoft, is asked by Mr. Allchin, Jim Allchin,
| to analyze potential strategies for combatting open-source software,
| and specifically Linux.
| His memos are leaked to the press in April -- I beg your pardon --
| in October of 1998 and become known as the Halloween documents.
| And the evidence will be that Microsoft uses its influence in the
| OEM channel, the computer manufacture channel, to make sure that
| end users have a difficult time buying PCs with Linux preinstalled.
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http://www.linuxelectrons.com/News/RoundUp/Microsoft_Shuts_Down_Linux_10_Years_Ago_Says_Iowa_Attorney
Microsoft's Dirty OEM-Secret
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| They are, in short the secret to Microsoft's success. And the word
| secret is to be taken quite literally: No OEM may talk about the
| contents of his contract, or he will lose his license, and (assumption)
| likely be sued for breach of contract as well.
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http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2001/10/23/13219/110
Jury Hears Microsoft Competition Suit
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| A judge on Friday told jurors they must accept as fact that a
| federal court found in 1999 that Microsoft holds a monopoly over
| computer operating systems and that it restricted computer
| manufacturers' ability to use competing systems.
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| [...]
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| She said she'll show that the company used its monopoly power
| to exclude competition and control prices and that it conspired with
| other companies to restrain trade, maintaining what she called a
| chokehold on software competitors and computer manufacturers.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061201/microsoft_trial.html?.v=1
Did Microsoft want to 'whack' Dell over its Linux dealings?
http://news.com.com/Did+Microsoft+want+to+whack+Dell+over+its+Linux+dealings/2100-1014_3-6153904.html
Dell's secret Linux fling
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/09/dell_linux_china/
Microsoft 'killed Dell Linux' - States
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/03/19/microsoft_killed_dell_linux_states/
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