> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@> wrote:
> >
> > Installfests are a great idea. It gets Linux into the hands of users who
> > might be intimidated otherwise. Once a Linuxbox is going it is much easier
> > to manage than anything else as it takes very little maintenance. You have
> > no AV software to setup and maintain,no anti-trojan, anti-malware,
> > anti-hijacking software, no disk defragmentation, etc.
> >
> > If only more people could get Linux factory installed then we might have a
> > different story. Sadly, people get Windows and have problems. That is not to
> > say that they would not have Linux problems, but that Windows has a whole
> > set of problems that you don't get with Linux.
> >
> > An aside on this discussion is that Microsoft is developing its own package
> > management system and patenting things like sudo. I am not sure what there
> > plans are, but you can be sure that Linux is something that they have been
> > looking at.
> >
> > Roy
> >
> > Using Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, 64-bit
> > Location: Canada
> >
> >
Ooops, sorry 'bout that last "post"!
Did I understand you correctly, Roy, even as I read the words above-- MS is patenting things like sudo, in other words, things covered by the GPL? Surely they have no chance of doing so.
As far as Linux being something they have been looking at, I read somewhere that even many of their servers are GNU/Linux-based.
Truth is indeed stranger than fiction, huh?
Mark
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