Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Wednesday 09 January 2008 13:52 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ 7 on Wednesday 09 January 2008 12:00 : \____
>>>
>>>>> The dumbest situation is with the Turbolinux Ripper and encoder.
>>>>> This allows you to rip music from CDs to the Wizpy player.
>>>>> Unbelievably the lame and ogg encoders aren't actually installed on
>>>>> the system and there is no way to manually install them.
>>>>
>>>> Probably because micoshaft corporation told them to do that?
>>>
>>> I do try to ignore the Wizpy. It runs Turbolinux, whose parent company
>>> entered an 'alliance' with Microsoft and even kissed in public, ushered
>>> OOXML, and did other funky stuff.
>>>
>>
>> We need a list of devices and companies that consumers should be wary
>> of. Perhaps we could kick off a linux devices FAQ here?
>
> Bad idea probably. Whitelist or blacklist? A whiteliist would be gigantic.
> LinuxDevices covers like 1000 stories every year. Also, GPL violators is a
> grey area...
>
I was thinking in terms of a blacklist, but it could be shaded. If
nothing else, just keeping a list of Linux distributors who've signed-up
to Microsoft's claims regarding Linux ownership would be useful, and
then a listing of which devices they're on, so we know what to steer
clear of?
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