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folks, this is big, big news. greate news for Linux !!!

"Ottawa -- Corel Corp. is in talks with Intel Corp. and at
least one major computer maker to launch a line of cheap
personal computers that takes direct aim at Microsoft Corp.'s
near-monopoly in desktop PC operating systems."

http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/TopBusiness/20000309/RCORE.html

http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?s=b69a18f42b44d5aefdde7b4cac8ba1...

go Linux, go Debian, go Corel !!

It is not good news for Linux, Corel Linux is the worst of breed.

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Quote:> > folks, this is big, big news. greate news for Linux !!!

> > "Ottawa -- Corel Corp. is in talks with Intel Corp. and at
> > least one major computer maker to launch a line of cheap
> > personal computers that takes direct aim at Microsoft Corp.'s
> > near-monopoly in desktop PC operating systems."

> > http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/TopBusiness/20000309/RCORE.html

http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?s=b69a18f42b44d5aefdde7b4cac8ba194&
T=marketsquote99_news.ht

Quote:

> > go Linux, go Debian, go Corel !!

> It is not good news for Linux, Corel Linux is the worst of breed.

So is Intel.  This news is better than a kick in the ass with a frozen
boot, which is what m$ is getting.  He didn't claim Corel Linux was the
best thing since sliced bread, he said _Linux_ was the next desktop
OS.  Linux can be whatever anyone wants to make of it, as long as you're
running a Linux kernel you've got Linux !  If Corel/Intel helps put
Linux in stores and on desktops more power to em.

You can't expect too much from desperate windoze lusers they'll likely
grab at the first straw. They can upgrade their software over the net
for _free_ whenever they wish.  Hopefully next time they buy a *NIX box
they'll know enough to buy some better hardware too.

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Quote:> > folks, this is big, big news. greate news for Linux !!!

> > "Ottawa -- Corel Corp. is in talks with Intel Corp. and at
> > least one major computer maker to launch a line of cheap
> > personal computers that takes direct aim at Microsoft Corp.'s
> > near-monopoly in desktop PC operating systems."

> > http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/TopBusiness/20000309/RCORE.html

http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?s=b69a18f42b44d5aefdde7b4cac8ba194&
T=marketsquote99_news.ht

Quote:

> > go Linux, go Debian, go Corel !!

> It is not good news for Linux, Corel Linux is the worst of breed.

So is Intel.  This news is better than a kick in the ass with a frozen
boot, which is what m$ is getting.  He didn't claim Corel Linux was the
best thing since sliced bread, he said _Linux_ was the next desktop
OS.  Linux can be whatever anyone wants to make of it, as long as you're
running a Linux kernel you've got Linux !  If Corel/Intel helps put
Linux in stores and on desktops more power to em.

You can't expect too much from desperate windoze lusers they'll likely
grab at the first straw. They can upgrade their software over the net
for _free_ whenever they wish.  Hopefully next time they buy a *NIX box
they'll know enough to buy some better hardware too.

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

Quote:> > folks, this is big, big news. greate news for Linux !!!

> > "Ottawa -- Corel Corp. is in talks with Intel Corp. and at
> > least one major computer maker to launch a line of cheap
> > personal computers that takes direct aim at Microsoft Corp.'s
> > near-monopoly in desktop PC operating systems."

> > http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/TopBusiness/20000309/RCORE.html

http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?s=b69a18f42b44d5aefdde7b4cac8ba194&
T=marketsquote99_news.ht

Quote:

> > go Linux, go Debian, go Corel !!

> It is not good news for Linux, Corel Linux is the worst of breed.

So is Intel.  This news is better than a kick in the ass with a frozen
boot, which is what m$ is getting.  He didn't claim Corel Linux was the
best thing since sliced bread, he said _Linux_ was the next desktop
OS.  Linux can be whatever anyone wants to make of it, as long as you're
running a Linux kernel you've got Linux !  If Corel/Intel helps put
Linux in stores and on desktops more power to em.

You can't expect too much from desperate windoze lusers they'll likely
grab at the first straw. They can upgrade their software over the net
for _free_ whenever they wish.  Hopefully next time they buy a *NIX box
they'll know enough to buy some better hardware too.

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

Quote:> > folks, this is big, big news. greate news for Linux !!!

> > "Ottawa -- Corel Corp. is in talks with Intel Corp. and at
> > least one major computer maker to launch a line of cheap
> > personal computers that takes direct aim at Microsoft Corp.'s
> > near-monopoly in desktop PC operating systems."

> > http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/TopBusiness/20000309/RCORE.html

http://quote.bloomberg.com/fgcgi.cgi?s=b69a18f42b44d5aefdde7b4cac8ba194&
T=marketsquote99_news.ht

Quote:

> > go Linux, go Debian, go Corel !!

> It is not good news for Linux, Corel Linux is the worst of breed.

So is Intel.  This news is better than a kick in the ass with a frozen
boot, which is what m$ is getting.  He didn't claim Corel Linux was the
best thing since sliced bread, he said _Linux_ was the next desktop
OS.  Linux can be whatever anyone wants to make of it, as long as you're
running a Linux kernel you've got Linux !  If Corel/Intel helps put
Linux in stores and on desktops more power to em.

You can't expect too much from desperate windoze lusers they'll likely
grab at the first straw. They can upgrade their software over the net
for _free_ whenever they wish.  Hopefully next time they buy a *NIX box
they'll know enough to buy some better hardware too.

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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Quote:>You can't expect too much from desperate windoze lusers they'll likely
>grab at the first straw. They can upgrade their software over the net
>for _free_ whenever they wish.  Hopefully next time they buy a *NIX box
>they'll know enough to buy some better hardware too.

Hopefully we can expect you, when posting your Windows bashing
using a Windows machine, to learn how to send a single reply instead
of multiples. Heck, even most of us "windoze lusers" can figure out
how to do that...

George
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: > It is not good news for Linux, Corel Linux is the worst of breed.

: So is Intel.  This news is better than a kick in the ass with a frozen
: boot, which is what m$ is getting.  He didn't claim Corel Linux was the
: best thing since sliced bread, he said _Linux_ was the next desktop
: OS.  Linux can be whatever anyone wants to make of it, as long as you're
: running a Linux kernel you've got Linux !  If Corel/Intel helps put
: Linux in stores and on desktops more power to em.

On three separate occasions, I've asked store clerks in both CompUSA, and
Best Buy how well Linux was selling... most of them stated that it wasn't
selling in but meager numbers.  In fact, most of the boxed Linux
distributions at these retailers have a layer of dust on them.  This
does not bode well for Linux at all, IMHO.

: You can't expect too much from desperate windoze lusers they'll likely

I have yet to find "desperate windoze lusers" who don't know how to post
properly.  Perhaps you are another HaX0r wannabe, who runs Linux for
posterity, rather than for productivity... figures.
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|_..._|                    -- Lieutenant Commander Data

        That's funny, I see the endcaps in CompUSA decimated. The number
        of titles being sold in CompUSA is on the rise as is the number
        of titles in BestBuy.

        This is not consistent with lukewarm sales results.

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OTOH, I saw RedHat 6.1 at Walmart yesterday.

$29.95

I *never* thought I'd see it in a department store.  It's come along
way since Slackware 1.0.

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        What surprised me was seeing Linux distros and the Linux version
        of Quake 3 in a software mall store in a discount mall in the
        middle of nowhere (Nevada/California border).

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Quote:>On three separate occasions, I've asked store clerks in both CompUSA, and
>Best Buy how well Linux was selling...

Notice that he doesn't say when these occasions were.  Perhaps they were
in 1997.

Good FUD Stephen.

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Quote:

> OTOH, I saw RedHat 6.1 at Walmart yesterday.

> $29.95

> I *never* thought I'd see it in a department store.  It's come along
> way since Slackware 1.0.

Yeah, I saw it too... right next to all the rest of the bargin-bin
<$30.00 software and old, washed up games.

-Chad

Just wondering here, but does your distain for linux come from any
real-world experience?  If so, exactly what was your experience?

-----yttrx

In the years I've seen his posts Stephen Edwards has never been anything but
a troll and fud merchant.

Kind Regards
Terry
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