__/ [ 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...
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