An invade, divide, and conquer Grand Plan
Highlight: Novell was the first to acknowledge that Microsoft FUD tactics had substance. Novell then used anti-Linux FUD to market itself. Learn more
Highlight: Xandros let Microsoft make patent claims and brag about (paid-for) OOXML support. Learn more
Highlight: Linspire's CEO not only fell into Microsoft arms, but he also assisted the company's attack on GNU/Linux. Learn more
Highlight: Microsoft craves pseudo (proprietary) standards and gets its way using proxies and influence which it buys. Learn more
Highlight: The invasion into the open source world is intended to leave Linux companies neglected, due to financial incentives from Microsoft. Learn more
Analysis: Xen, an open source hypervisor, possibly fell victim to Microsoft's aggressive (and stealthy) acquisition-by-proxy strategy. Learn more
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CoolGuy said,
April 25, 2008 at 11:09 am
21:34:12 (21.32 KB/s) - `ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso’ saved [733079552/733079552]
Just finished downloading Ubuntu using wget. Off to writing it to CD and installing it this sunday. Have to backup data, etc
))
CooGuy said,
April 25, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Yaa !! Typing this from Ubuntu Hardy Live cd !!
Sweet !! Cant wait for this sunday to install this