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Re: The Xandros deal

__/ [ Jerry McBride ] on Monday 04 June 2007 23:55 \__

> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> 
>> __/ [ Geico Caveman ] on Monday 04 June 2007 19:58 \__
>> 
>>> Is losing Xandros a loss ? They were always a proprietary distro based
>>> loosely on Linux, and their market share is miniscule, so should we be
>>> worried ?
>>> 
>>> GPLv3 is going to be out any day now (about 20 days), so any Linux distro
>>> that Microsoft opens up a patent deal with only poisons Microsoft from
>>> now on (or forks in order to save Microsoft's behind).
>>> 
>>> On the other hand, Xandros will now reduce the imaginary benefits (or
>>> real ones if you are speaking about pointy heads) that Novell thought it
>>> gained.
>>> 
>>> So beyond requesting that Crossover Inc. stop shipping a Xandros version
>>> of their software, I think there is nothing interesting here for us.
>>> 
>>> What has happened is that the boiling pond has one more pike in it, which
>>> is going to make the other pike (Novell) hungrier during the short period
>>> of time before the pond boils off, killing both the pikes (GPLv3 comes
>>> into play).
>> 
>> It's a small player, it does not affect the GPLv3's effectiveness, and
>> it's the software they rely on (CrossOver) that make this small company
>> weak to Microsoft's arm-bending. Nothing to see here really...
>> 
> 
> True enough. However, a loss is a loss. What should happen now is we (linux
> community) should prune this distro from the tree.
> 
> XANDROS is DEAD... long live linux.

http://boycottnovell.com/2007/06/04/no-gplv3-for-xandros/

"I created a domain name, www.boycottxandros.com..."

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