____/ dapunka on Friday 28 September 2007 23:13 : \____
> On 28 Sep, 22:20, Mark Kent <mark.k...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Jim Richardson <warl...@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:40:22 +0100,
>> > Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >> ____/ chrisv on Friday 28 September 2007 14:54 : \____
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>> >>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> >>>>But if it's not exactly like Windows, then it's behind right? Some
>> >>>>reviewers will give high score to those who mimic mistakes, e.g.
>> >>>>Xandros, Linspire...
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>> >>> One of my best friends has been using Linspire for years, now. Works
>> >>> for him...
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>> >> It does. But Apple OS X also works as a BSD. But it's not open source.
>> >> It's aggressive lock-in and restriction of choice. We're back were we
>> >> started -- another Windows.
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>> > How is someone using Linspire "locked in"?
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>> Didn't they sign some kind of limited cross-licensing deal with
>> Microsoft, whilst not quite admitting what it was the customer was
>> really getting?
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> I think Linspire are in that merry gang that signed "interoperability
> deals" with Microsoft (so when MS go after our commie, patent-
> violating asses, Linspire users can breathe easy). I've never tried
> Linspire. When I learnt that their original name was "Lindows", I
> just couldn't take them seriously. Highly bigoted of me - Linspire
> might be the bestest distro /ever/. Many people say that other
> cowardly bunch of scum-lovers, Novell, do a good Linux too. I just
> don't want to be associated with such folk.
To just illustrate this point, you are allowed to install Linspire on
only /ONE/ PC. I couldn't believe it when I saw it, but there is a passionate
doubter of Linspire at Digg and he knows their plans very intimately. There
are various other examples. Xandros, by the way, isn't much better.
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