Why there won’t be a Red Hat Consumer Linux Desktop
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| Red Hat wanted to supply users with legal access to WMF (Windows Media
| Format) codices. While Microsoft was willing to license these codices to
| Linux distributors, such as Linspire, Turbolinux and Xandros, Microsoft was
| only willing to make these deals if the Linux company was willing to sign off
| on a Microsoft patent agreement. Red Hat was not willing to do this.
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http://practical-tech.com/operating-system/why-there-wont-be-a-red-hat-consumer-linux-desktop/
At the end of the day, it's good news. The desktop is getting replaced or
changed (in the traditional sense).
Recent:
OpenReferent - a New Open Source Challenge to Microsoft Desktop Software
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| Mr Pogodin, Deputy General Director of Post of Russia, said: "Post of Russia,
| which has 42,000 post offices through out the country, can significantly
| lower the cost of ownership of the Information System." Post of Russia is one
| of the first customers that signed up to evaluate themove from Microsoft
| based desktops to OpenReferent solution.
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| [...]
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| Open Referent is based on the recently announced IBM Lotus Open Collaboration
| Client Solution with Red Hat.
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| Business partners classified as Red Hat Advanced Business Partners and
| Lotus-authorized IBM Business Partners may sell the Red Hat and IBM Lotus
| products globally with a Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription, and may
| additionally offer a six-month Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop trial.
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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/04/prweb823104.htm
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