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Easy Eazel... and more!
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- Subject: Easy Eazel... and more!
- From: (Gilles Pelletier)
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 17:13:38 -0500 (EST)
Comment l'esprit Linux s'érode... ou s'Hérode:
(...)
And Eazel has been aggressive in allying itself with Linux distributor
Red Hat, computer maker Dell, and even Sun to get its Nautilus system
onto office and home desktops. When a user starts up a Linux system
from Dell, boots up a Solaris machine from Sun, or installs a Red Hat
Linux CD, they’ll see Nautilus on their screens, along with
enticements to use (and pay for) Eazel’s services.
Sun’s Linux Feint
Eazel hopes to get Linux users hooked on their interface to buy their
services. Sun’s dreams are even bigger. The computer manufacturer and
software company wants to get users hooked on Linux software so they
buy Sun machines.
Like a fighter throwing a feint, Sun’s massive open-source efforts are
almost a decoy from the company’s main business: selling hardware.
(...)
Not all major Linux companies believe applications should be free.
It’s time for Linux users to grow up, said Derek Burney, CEO of Corel.
“They’re going to have to learn that you get what you pay for,” he
said.
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/linuxworld010202.html
Une chance que nous, à Linux-Québec, on garde le fort pour le vrai
Linux: Debian. Hé! Ninoles, Villeneuve, Milette, n'oubliez pas de
m'inviter aux installations bimensuelles. Je manque toujours la date!
Le grand parleur, celui qui s'est toujours trompé,
GP