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OSDL Denies Rewriting Kernel

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the well-duh-people dept.

yootje writes "Although there were rumours saying that OSDL writes a version of the Linux kernel that doesn't infringe patents (an argument that was used by Microsoft), OSDL denies this: 'OSDL officials have said that the report was not accurate, and that while Beaverton is putting $1.2m into economic development around open source software, this is not connected to rewriting the Linux kernel.'"

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  1. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Although there were rumours saying that OSDL writes a version of the Linux kernel that doesn't infringe patents

    huh?

  2. Did I Get It??? by eno2001 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Post? (Going olde school here) ;P I'm such a joker.

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    1. Re:Did I Get It??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This definitely ontopic here !! Those pesky mod downs.

  3. YOU FAIL IT! by daniil · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry :)

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  4. Re:I wonder... by sloanster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "Cooperative Linux is the first working free and open source method for optimally running Linux on Microsoft Windows natively".

    okely dokely, I don't really have much interest in "running Linux on microsoft windows natively"... What would be cool though, is something that would work the other way around...

    It would be very handy at present if I could, in my linux desktop environment, say, fire up a microsoft windows environment strictly as a handler for whatever odd legacy windows program I might want to run.

    I'd want to be able to shut it down completely when the microsoft application has finished, such that the microsoft environment is neither using any resources, nor resident in memory, but could be started again if I needed to run some other legacy ms windows application.