let them try it , let them suffer i say ... there are alot of m§ widooze user in this world , they suffer every day w/ their 'great' os ... let lindows be the same ... i think OSD will distant themself for sure from lindows in this case
- keep the X in your system - -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Im Auftrag von Sridhar Dhanapalan Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. April 2002 09:45 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Re: [newbie] Re: Michaels Minutes (WAY OT) On Thu, 04 Apr 2002 19:12:55 +1200, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sheesh couldnt you have just posted the bleeding link... what a waste > of bandwidth. Two minutes at the website gave me: > > http://www.lindows.com/lindows_michaelsminutes.php I'm probably going to ruffle a few feathers here but I think it needs to be said. Does anybody seriously think this will be a good thing for Linux and free software? I most certainly don't. Why pay US$99 when you can get CodeWeavers CrossOver Office for $54.95, which you can install on virtually any modern distro? CodeWeavers give all of their code back to the community, while Lindows don't. Lindows is highly insecure: everything runs as root and users are even discouraged from creating a root password. All we need are a few easily-written exploit scripts for this poor excuse of an OS and open source as a whole (not just Lindows) will be given a bad name. GNU/Linux virii will become a widespread reality (on Lindows, that is), fueling opposition to open source. Antivirus and security companies will jump on this. People will be duped by their FUD-laden advertising and will pay big bucks for software they don't even need. I can see this becoming some sort of vicious cycle. Until Lindows gains some decent security I shall continue to wish for it to suffer a horrible, horrible death. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -- Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux
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