__/ [ Doug Mentohl ] on Tuesday 01 May 2007 17:59 \__
> on 01/05/07 16:01 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>| Some of you may be thinking, "Why is this such a big deal?" Linspire
>>| has been successful in getting smaller OEMs (original equipment
>>| manufacturers) to offer Linux on the desktop for years. ..
>
> Wal-Mart did have a deal to sell Linspire but I believe they dropped it
> and instead did a joint MS/Novell deal.
>
>
http://www.novell.com/news/press/microsoft_and_novell_alliance_embraced_by_wal_mart
The exec from Microsoft used to be at Wal-Mart (or was it the other way
around?), so they used the deal as an opportunity to spread a lot of patent
FUD. I could tell you much more, but it was discovered and mentioned by
quite a few people at the time.
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