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Lindows' Heavy Hand Leads to Summit Dropouts

Posted by chrisd on from the michael-robertson-needs-charm-school dept.

shawk writes "With Lindows becoming more popular the company's confidence seems to be growing. According to a news item on Desktoplinux.com Lindows unilaterally adjusted the agenda of a planned vendor-neutral summit in a way that is not tolerable for others supporting the conference. A related article on CNET reports HP having withdrawn from the summit as well."

11 of 310 comments (clear)

  1. Two in one day? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Lindows is a great operating system! FP!

  2. wow by pummer · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    so looks like Lindows is pulling an Athens and going Delian League on the other OS's.
    /obscure Roman history reference

    1. Re:wow by pummer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      oh wow. oh man you're right. whoops. i'm stupid.

    2. Re:wow by Stumbles · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      LOL, you so funny.

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      My karma is not a Chameleon.
  3. IN SOVIET RUSSIA ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... summit withdraws from you!

  4. You've got to fight for your right to +1, Patrioti by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic



    Impeach the Cheney Rumsfeld regime

    Cheers,
    W00t

    Get Your War-0n-Iraq Protest On

  5. michael robertson is an arrogant prick by micjordan · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    thats all there is to it.

  6. OT: Those fucking MSDN ads by BSDevil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is anyone else getting really pissed off by tose annoying MSDN subscription ads that have been running recently (as in right now on my screen)? You know what I mean, the red flash ones that stretch down and take up lke half the screen whenever your mouse passes remotely over them....whatever - they're pissing the shit out of me. I want to be able to move my mouse with freedom, without that thing coming and taking over my field of view. I don't particulary have a problem with the banner ads in general (sometimes they're useful), but I don't want one that decides it's all right to claim my screen. Dammit, I want a banner ad, not a big red monster.

    There we go...move along folks, nothng to see here.

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  7. Re:First things first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i guess the moderators aren't interested in the truth

  8. Re:Pride goeth... by MacAndrew · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Which brings up another question -- which is the "real" Bible? King James? RSV? Reader's Digest (the one with 7 commandments)? How about the Latin one all this stuff replaced? And the Greek texts? And so on.

    Never mind. The King James will always be the moetht lhyricul.

  9. Re:You've got to be kidding. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well to be perfectly frank I have to say you do speak in a manner I find both boring and slightly retarded. I'm also not certain exactly why they'd want you to speak, because, well, everyone already gets your boring philosophy. You haven't said anything new, and there's little reason to suspect you're going to.