Mark Kent wrote:
> Jim Richardson <warlock@xxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
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>> On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:40:22 +0100,
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@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...
>>>>
>>>> One of my best friends has been using Linspire for years, now. Works
>>>> for him...
>>>
>>> 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"?
>>
>
> Didn't they sign some kind of limited cross-licensing deal with
> Microsoft,
So what? This amounts to "lock in" exactly how?
> whilst not quite admitting what it was the customer was
> really getting?
>
Might it be a linux distro? With source code?
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