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Microsoft Charging Royalties For Linux
andydread writes "It seems Microsoft's campaign to scare manufacturers away from open source and Linux in particular is proceeding at full force. The latest news is from Digitimes out of Taiwan. Apparently Microsoft is threatening Acer and Asustek with having to pay Microsoft a license fee for the privilege of deploying Linux on their devices. This time, it's in the form of Android and Chorme OS. So basically, this campaign is spreading to PC vendors now. What are the implications of this? Does this mean that if I build PCs with Linux (Ubuntu/ChromeOS/Fedora) and sell them I am at risk of getting sued by Microsoft? "
The whole story is bullshit too, as AsusTek has denied Microsoft asking for royalties.
Did asus ever fess up to the nvidia 86xx mobile card underfill problem? Don't get me wrong, I *love* asus, but I don't think they ever issued a recall, just extended a few warranties and replaced bad units with good ones when they failed. I may be wrong, but I think I'm right :P
Anyways, Asian business practices are different as well - and AsusTek isn't pegatron ... which was previously the manufacturing arm of Asus ... which is now separate from AsusTek, iirc. Makes me wonder if the OP is right about demanding royalties and wrong about the target. I mean, both pegatron and asustek are Asus. At least, as far as the end-customer is concerned.
Quartz Extreme and Core Image. Are there any other real reasons to spend all that money on generic hardware?
Your facts are racist!
Your facts are racist!
That person *MUST* be a Tea Party member!
greg, REMEMBER ED CURRY!!!
What can be racist is what you do/imply with them. You can for example use those facts as a base to research how to improve the situation: better assistance, work equality rules, ... In that case, it is not racist. Similar to the fact that only women (at bird) get pregnant is not sexist if use to target your pregnancy line of clothes, but it is if you use it as an argument not to hire a woman.
By only selecting facts that paint defavourably black people in a completely off topic discussion the GP is however very suspicious.
END THE DRUG WAR.
Already in progress. I have a submarine bill on the books (a bill that does a bunch of other stuff, and has a minor provision for this) that instigates the death penalty for anyone illegally selling drugs known to cause severe medical hazards in acute dosage or severe physical addiction. So heroin, cocaine, etc, sold to kids (as normally happens here.. hell 15 year olds often sell the shit) is instant execution.
When they're dead we win.
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