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LindowsOS Softens Microsoft-Compatibility Claim

Posted by timothy on from the wise-move dept.

jukal writes: "As seen originally at newsforge: On Friday we reported the appearance of Microtel PCs with LindowsOS pre-installed at Walmart.com. Then, Walmart.com and Lindows were claiming that LindowsOS 'delivers the stability of UNIX with the ease of Windows and the ability to run most Microsoft programs.' Today, that last phrase has gone missing and there is no more talk of running any programs designed for Windows, let alone Microsoft products"

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  1. And the people buying PCs from Wal-Mart.... by TheDick · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Need to run Linux? Their boxen would get r00ted faster than people who didn't patch their apache yet.

    Then the hackers can do real damage, as the poor chumps with a cable modem spew malformed packets at unsuspecting routers.

    Wait, with XP and the ability to get raw socket access, we're in trouble anyway.

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  2. Re:How Long Before by TheDick · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    This is illegal as you can imagine.

    Though.... "DOS isn't done until Lotus won't run" does ring a bell.

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  3. Re:A little too early by scott1853 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You're right. Of course it's still too easrly for most people to handle running a Windows PC. I get people calling me that have had a computer for a couple years and don't know what right-click is. One lady still refers to her desktop as her screen saver.

    Oh, and so the people that buy their computers from Wal-mart find this post: "NASCAR", "BEEF JERKY RECIPES", "INCEST".