Microsoft licenses Linux to Dell
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Why the :wtf:, isn't this good news?
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Why the :wtf:, isn't this good news?
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
Why the , isn't this good news?
I think because of the comment that Microsoft is licensing Linux to someone.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Why the :wtf:, isn't this good news?
Ðavid Wulff What kind of music should programmers listen to?
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I'm so gangsta I eat cereal without the milkDavid Wulff wrote:
isn't this good news?
I have no opinion of good or bad in this case, but it still seems odd reading that Microsoft is essentially selling Linux licenses. No?
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
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That sounds so wrong. :wtf:
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David Wulff wrote:
Why the , isn't this good news?
I think because of the comment that Microsoft is licensing Linux to someone.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
I thought the Novel deal was licensing IP and interoperability, not Linux itself?
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I thought Dell was going to use Ubuntu on the new systems?
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I thought Dell was going to use Ubuntu on the new systems?
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They are, for home users. This news is for enterprise users.
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I thought Dell was going to use Ubuntu on the new systems?
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Funny 'cos Micheal Dell is running Ubuntu at home[^]
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch
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I *love* it, the irony...the irony. This is promising, I think Microsoft should build thier own distro of linux and become the leading distribution in the world. Anything to see those slash dotters and Stallmans of the world run around like headless chickens crying "the sky is falling" would be worth it.
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David Wulff wrote:
isn't this good news?
I have no opinion of good or bad in this case, but it still seems odd reading that Microsoft is essentially selling Linux licenses. No?
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
Mike Mullikin wrote:
odd reading that Microsoft is essentially selling Linux licenses.
why would they turn down selling any Licenses? :-D They are a profit shop, idealy they would sell anything they can get away with. That's business.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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I made the mistake of saying I would eat my hat when Apple went Intel.... X| leather is tough, all I could do was gnaw a bit.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
odd reading that Microsoft is essentially selling Linux licenses.
why would they turn down selling any Licenses? :-D They are a profit shop, idealy they would sell anything they can get away with. That's business.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
so it is you ... why did you change ur name if i may ask? or did that conversation happen already and i missed it?
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
odd reading that Microsoft is essentially selling Linux licenses.
why would they turn down selling any Licenses? :-D They are a profit shop, idealy they would sell anything they can get away with. That's business.
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
They are a profit shop, idealy they would sell anything they can get away with. That's business.
Maybe, but as a rule Toyota dealers don't sell new Hondas. ;)
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El Corazon wrote:
They are a profit shop, idealy they would sell anything they can get away with. That's business.
Maybe, but as a rule Toyota dealers don't sell new Hondas. ;)
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
Mike Mullikin wrote:
Maybe, but as a rule Toyota dealers don't sell new Hondas.
Perhaps if you look at it that way... but Mercury cars are made from Fords, Fords use entire engines and sometimes drive-trains from imports. So although your example is true, the subject matter holds similar concepts with car-makers relabling other manufacturers products, or using large chunks of licensed hardware to be included in other cars. Generally you don't know until there is a recall. You find a recall on energizer batteries also recalls a half-dozen generics because Energizer was making the batteries that were relabled and sold under other brands. This is very common in non-software markets, very common indeed. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
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Mike Mullikin wrote:
Maybe, but as a rule Toyota dealers don't sell new Hondas.
Perhaps if you look at it that way... but Mercury cars are made from Fords, Fords use entire engines and sometimes drive-trains from imports. So although your example is true, the subject matter holds similar concepts with car-makers relabling other manufacturers products, or using large chunks of licensed hardware to be included in other cars. Generally you don't know until there is a recall. You find a recall on energizer batteries also recalls a half-dozen generics because Energizer was making the batteries that were relabled and sold under other brands. This is very common in non-software markets, very common indeed. :)
_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)
El Corazon wrote:
but Mercury cars are made from Fords, Fords use entire engines and sometimes drive-trains from imports.
But in these examples Ford either fully or partially owns the others. Remember it wasn't too long ago that Mr. Balmer was saying all manner of rude things about open-source in general and Linux in particular. Personally, I think Microsoft's fear of Google has made them re-evaluate their position.
"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it." - Thomas Jefferson
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Remember what they are monetising here, they are selling machines not operating systems, do they really care (outside of support I suppose) what people run on their machines?
Regards Ray "Je Suis Mort De Rire" Blogging @ Keratoconus Watch