It was on, or about, Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:01:09 +0100, that as I was
halfway through a large jam doughnut, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> ____/ BearItAll on Friday 20 July 2007 09:27 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Xandros bundles NoMachine thin-client server
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | The companies claim that this extended Xandros-NoMachine alliance |
>>> provides enhanced capabilities for secure and rapid access to
>>> graphical | applications, running on any operating system across any
>>> network | connection.
>>> |
>>> | [...]
>>> |
>>> | The core NX software is open-sourced under the GPLv2. `----
>>>
>>> http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS6274440071.html
>>>
>>> Recall Microsoft's fight (through patents) against Wine, CrossOver
>>> Office, and virtualisation. <
>>> http://boycottnovell.com/2007/07/18/scalix-xandros-server/ >
>>
>>
>> Are we meant to be against Xandros for teaming up with NoMachine and
>> offering what look to me to be very good thin clients? I find that I
>> can't be against such things, it is yet another area where we should
>> hope to see Linux as the norm.
>>
>> One day all of the PC vendors will have a choice of OS's. Some buyers
>> will choose Windows others will choose Linux. Then as knowledge builds,
>> which Linux distro's are offered could be the deciding factor for many
>> buyers.
>>
>> Personally I see little choice for the vendors but to offer a range of
>> Linux distros that are likely to cover many tastes. Maybe a list such
>> as,
>> FDC, Suse, Mandriva, Debian, Ubuntu.
>>
>> That just about covers everything.
>
> True, but there's a danger here. As someone has just told me in another
> forum, Microsoft has made Linux companies suicidal and in this case
> there are moves that could truly hurt some free software . They want to
> contaminate software by association. I'll just remind you that Dell
> 'joined' the Novell/Microsoft deal a few months ago.
This company do Ubuntu laptops. One of the LUG members has an Anubis with
Kubuntu Fiesty 64bit installed, & it's excellent.
I'm thinking about getting one too, this winter. (A Christmas pressy,
maybe? <grin>)
--
"Anything said in COLA is a crock of shit."
Hadron Quark, Tuesday 03 Jul 2007
alt.os.linux.ubuntu
So this would include anything that *he* says!
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