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Re: [News] [Linux] Dell's Linux Won't Emulate Windows, Might Go Beyond the US in Future

On Sat, 05 May 2007 21:52:21 +0200, Ian Hilliard
<nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Ubuntu Founder: No Emulation Software for Dell Systems
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "While Linux is an alternative to Windows, it is not cheap Windows.
>> | Linux has its own strengths, and users should want it because of those
>> | strengths and not because it's a cheap copy of Windows," he said.
>> `----
>> 
>>
>http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2125848,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616
>> 
>> Dell explains Linux delays
>> 
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | "We are adjusting the roadmap for the rest of the world, but this has
>> | just not been announced yet," Greffier added.
>> `----
>> 
>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/0,1000000091,39286968,00.htm?r=2
>
>If people need to run Windows applications on the Ubuntu machines, they can
>install Crossover Office http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxoffice/. 

Yeah, right, cxoffice. Tested with a whopping 474 old apps, most of
them by as much as 1 user.... what a joke. 

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