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Buy Lindows, Get Fedora and Mandrake Too?

Posted by michael on from the too-many-linuxes-spoil-the-soup dept.

tacarat writes "Lindows has an interesting deal going on right now. If you go to Linuxshootout.com, you can get Linspire/Lindows 4.5, Mandrake 10 and Fedora Core 2 or a mere $29.95 download or $39.95 for the 8 CD set. Yahoo! News covers this story. Quoting Michael Robertson,'Our emphasis on Linspire is ease of use -- making Linux quick and easy to install and use,' he said. 'Other products may have a different focus. That doesn't mean they aren't great products, just that their focus may be different. Every new Linux computer helps the Linux desktop industry, regardless of what company's product you choose'. Also, 'We want to encourage side-by-side comparisons of the latest Linux products.' Interesting strategy. Will their sales go up because people are buying Lindows plus the other two distros, or will it be the other way around?"

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  1. beware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    the trinity

    1. Re:beware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  3. Re:Rather disengenuous by Spudley · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The grammar police will track you down in the end, you know!

    "We" is actually first person plural, not third person. Third person would be 'he', 'she' or 'it'.

    Still, at least you got "there", "their" and "they're" right. ;-)

    Now I'm going to go back and actually read the content of what you said... :-D

    --
    (Spudley Strikes Again!)