On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 2:25 AM, Conrad Knauer wrote: > Asus has had very good sales of their EeePC; they're cute little > devices, but while they run Linux, their distro is a Xandros derivative > and I won't support that (here's why: > http://limulus.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/xandros-sells-out-to-microsoft-<http://limulus.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/xandros-sells-out-to-microsoft-over-patents/> > over-patents/<http://limulus.wordpress.com/2007/06/05/xandros-sells-out-to-microsoft-over-patents/> > ) >
I don't know, I think that it's a Xandros derivative rather than Xandros itself matters. A large component of open source is that the code, time, and effort is never invested all in one single leader. I know that Eric Raymond has said genuinely despicable things over the course of his career, but I imagine I probably use quite a bit of his code through regular daily use of my computer. So, I don't think we should assume that Xandros's unfortunate failure to stand up to Microsoft's bogus patent racket means that downstream code is somehow tainted. I agree with what you say, though, totally... we must ensure Ubuntu gets on desktops so that people can see what it's made of, and Asus' half-heartedness is a little dissappointing. (It's funny that the Windows laptop has less HD space; I wonder how much of that space is even left after Windows is installed!) ** Attachment added: "unnamed" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/14388369/unnamed -- Microsoft has a majority market share https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
