____/ Mark Kent on Monday 24 September 2007 20:34 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Unicap and UCView on the Asus EeePC
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>| The Xandros Linux operating system which comes with the EeePC is customized
>>| to accomodate the specific constrains of the machine - most notably the
>>| small size of the permanent storage.
>> `----
>>
>> http://unicap-imaging.org/unicap_eeepc.htm
>>
>> It has the Xandros 'bug'.
>>
>> The anti-OLPC guys (very vocal about it) have actually decided to give Linux
>> as an option...
>>
>> "All NComputing L-series and X-series solutions support both Windows and
>> Linux operating systems, with solutions as low as $70 per seat."
>>
>>
http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-ncomputing-advances-virtual-desktop-computing-with-new-zero-/2007/09/12/2930874.htm
>>
>
> Xandros are another of those companies claiming that there's some
> Microsoft patented works in Linux, I think?
>
> I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them, myself. I wonder
> how much they got paid to make these claims on Microsoft's behalf?
$20 million, IIRC, which is a _lot_ for a company that size. They got bribed to
enable Microsoft to manipulate the market.
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