Re: [SLE] Re: [OT] Microsoft's hardware donations

Kevanf1 wrote:

On 10/05/06, scsijon wrote:

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At 05:10 AM 10/05/2006, lerninlinux@comcast.net wrote:

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I was testing out a new install of Mplayer the other night, with the movie Antitrust. I heard the line in the movie, where Tim Robbin's character asks "how many people will be altruistic and how many will take your ideas and make a billion dollars?", and had to laugh. I heard about the hardware vouchers and such from the antitrust trials, and wondered if anyone knew of any Microsoft donated or subsidized hardware, that had been converted to Linux or things like the Linux k12 terminal server project? Seems like it would be a good way to use their fud and donations.

Randal

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since a decent sized portion of their old stuff donated in australia went to China........

i wonder what o/s is on it now hmmmmmmm

If there really is anybody clever at MS then they would turn around and use the hardware to their own advantage. This is what we need to be wary off. They can say, "look at all this lovely hardware that we, Microsoft, have donated". The press will not hear the cries of the people using it saying, "yes, but we run Linux on it".

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Kevan Farmer

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Well I can tell you I have a Microsoft thumb-wheel trackball that works well in windows, but I have given up on getting it to work in Linux, it simply needs something in windows to work. . I ended using there more expensive trackball-explorer. I know it is a M$ product, but I have serious Carpal-Tunnel syndrome and it is the only thing I can use without giving up computer use. -- Robert Cunningham Sr. Physics Laboratory Coordinator /RSO Kettering University Flint, Michigan 48504 (810) 762-7935 rcunnig@kettering.edu