Where does this nonsense come from, I wonder? If you put something under the GPL you still retain your ownership of it. All you do is you grant others certain rights on this something. If the GPL is ruled invalid, the somthing's legal situation is just as if the GPL had never existed: It is covered by conventional copyright law.
Which means Skype were f*cked.
Windows Fundamentals for Legacy PCs is not a general-purpose operating system. It is designed to work with the Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection client or third-party clients, such as Citrix ICA. In addition, it allows for a limited number of workloads to be executed locally, including security software, management software, terminal emulation software, document viewers, and the.NET Framework.
It's not a full-blown OS but rather a thin client, whereas a nLite'd XP, depending on the degree of reduction, is still a fully functional XP minus the bloatware (MSN Explorer, media software, messenger, unneeded services and drivers etc.).
"Lightweight XP" - Hell, that's what I've been using across my rigs for years, thank God for nLite. XP has grown to be a pretty stable OS by now, and if you get rid of all the crap Microsoft stuffed into the system it's actually lightweight enough to be run on low-spec hardware just fine.
Toshiba contradicts reports about hd-dvd hardware production stop
Toshiba in a short release on its japanese website has contradicted the report carried by Reuters and Japanese tv station NHK on the weekend which claims that the company has ceased production of hd-dvd players and recorders. The company currently reconsiders its business strategies, no decision has been made so far, the company says.
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Sorry for the rather clumsy translation, I just got out of bed.
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Where does this nonsense come from, I wonder? If you put something under the GPL you still retain your ownership of it. All you do is you grant others certain rights on this something. If the GPL is ruled invalid, the somthing's legal situation is just as if the GPL had never existed: It is covered by conventional copyright law. Which means Skype were f*cked.
Not really:
(Source)It's not a full-blown OS but rather a thin client, whereas a nLite'd XP, depending on the degree of reduction, is still a fully functional XP minus the bloatware (MSN Explorer, media software, messenger, unneeded services and drivers etc.).
"Lightweight XP" - Hell, that's what I've been using across my rigs for years, thank God for nLite. XP has grown to be a pretty stable OS by now, and if you get rid of all the crap Microsoft stuffed into the system it's actually lightweight enough to be run on low-spec hardware just fine.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/103678
Impromptu translation:
Sorry for the rather clumsy translation, I just got out of bed.