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Where Is The Plug-and-Play Linux Office System?

Posted by timothy on from the entrepreneurial-spirit dept.

cdlu writes "Where oh where is the plug-and-play Linux business computer? Robin Miller asks the question and makes the case for starting a business to sell a self-updating networked Linux system for small business. Any takers?" (NewsForge and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.)

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  1. Thoughts by Apostata · · Score: 2, Funny


    Obviously this article was too interesting/pertinent for linux.com, which continues to be the most boring Linux site on the internet.

    (NewsForge and Slashdot *and* Linux.com are both part of OSTG.)

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    This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it. - Dorothy Parker
  2. Re:What tasks are you talking about? by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you aware that Linux *can not* do automated trans-mapping of sync stack variables? And if it could, it would prob. be command line for God's sake! It's true, tell me it's not.

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    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
  3. Re:As long as the user can say no to the updates by Spamlent+Green · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hey, don't feel bad. It sucks on XP too. and before that it sucked on Windows 2000.

    I have never hated an application more than I hate GroupWise.