A mix of Linux and Windows?

[AMDPwred]

Lindows

Have any of you guys seen this yet?

 

[jacklutz]

Reading it now, but you have to pay $99 and and sign an NDA to download it. Aww...

 

[silent tone]

You might not hear about it for long. MS is suing them because they say lindows is infringing on their similarly named trademark.

Basically they took some of WINE and slapped it in their own linux distro. The guy that ran mp3.com is the CEO or president or whatever.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

<< Reading it now, but you have to pay $99 and and sign an NDA to download it. Aww... >>

What's wrong with that? Cheaper than Windows... I've signed NDA's for my last four jobs (with one in the middle that I didn't have to). What's wrong with signing a NDA?

Nik

 

[Keego]

well, without pics, it seems like they're just bragging about a new type of 'litestep' program. just a gui, using windows shell files.

 

[jacklutz]

<< What's wrong with that? Cheaper than Windows... I've signed NDA's for my last four jobs (with one in the middle that I didn't have to). What's wrong with signing a NDA?

Nik >>



Nothing, it's just that I don't want to pay that much to test out a 'sneak preview' version. If it's what it claims to be, I'd buy Lindows 1.0.

 

[NakaNaka]

this is definitly old news. I'm interested but I don't know if I will get it.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

As I understand it, you only pay once and can upgrade all you want for free as later versions come out.