Roy Schestowitz came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard a moment
ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
> Alcatel-Lucent 'Guardian' Locks Up Your Data
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> | The Guardian is a Linux-based notebook PC card loaded with security
> | software that checks against a remote server to validate that the
> | notebook hasn't been reported lost or stolen.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | Skuler declined to comment on which particular vendor of version of
> | Linux Alcatel-Lucent was running on the card other than to say it's
> | from a major Linux vendor.
> `----
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> http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3679026
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>
> Related and recent:
>
> Alcatel-Lucent says $1.5 billion not enough from Microsoft
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Alcatel-Lucent said in a court filing that $1.5 billion is not
> | enough to properly compensate it for Microsoft Corp.'s infringement
> | of two digital audio patents.
> `----
>
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/alcatel-lucent-says-15-billion-not/story.aspx?guid=%7B3B7D3262%2DF68F%2D4BEC%2D94C1%2D5C0A0EEE8021%7D&siteid=yhoof
> http://tinyurl.com/36hu5v
I caught myself wondering if that decision was a political one rather than a
technical one - and then remembered that I have three thin clients running
Windows 2000 Embedded. Still the dog's bollocks for thin client solutions
according to Microsoft.
And then I laughed my arse off. Of course it's a technical decision.
Make of it what you will.
--
Spanking brand new high end desktop computer: Â1700
Spanking brand new colour laser printer/scanner/copier/fax: Â600
Vista Ultimate: Â369
The look on your face when nothing works: priceless
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