Speculation: Microsoft will probably start selling/distributing linux soon

royans.net ^ | Nov 13, 2006 | royans.net

[bigdcaldavis]

Get ready for Microsoft to announce an actual/staged acquisition of Linspire (I say "staged" because of persistant rumors that Linspire is secretly owned by Microsoft) and abandoning Windows XP/Vista in favor of.....get ready.....Microsoft LindowsOS. :)

[EagleUSA]

Attn: Mr. Gates. Nothing is forever.

[knighthawk]

Gates knows never to bet on just one horse

[Paleo Conservative]

(I say "staged" because of persistant rumors that Linspire is secretly owned by Microsoft)

Then how did Microsoft sue itself? They sued Lindows.

[sittnick]

On what basis can you say that Microsoft owns Linspire? They were suing the former Lindows all over the place. With the Novell/SuSE intrigue, they are going after bigger fish. My guess is that they want a pirce of IBM's and Red Hat's action, or at very least to make themselves more indispensible.

[MadIvan]

I use Ubuntu Linux and PC BSD. Microsoft has no place in this house.

Nor will any Microsoft distro.

Regards, Ivan

[newgeezer]

Then how did Microsoft sue itself? They sued Lindows.

It's part of the grand scheme. Duh! /s

[bigdcaldavis]

I didn't say Microsoft owned Linspire. I said there were RUMORS that Microsoft owned Linspire "in secret".

Of course rumors are like a**holes...now sure how, but...

[taxed2death]

What's the secret for having Ubuntu detect your wifi card?

I just loaded the latest MEPIS (80% of Ubuntu) and I can't get the little green light to even turn on on the back of the WIFI card?

[gb63]

The way to beat the big monopoly is simple. Download free Ubuntu. Next install the software Wine. Then one can run many windows programs within linux. Cost - zero. Value - priceless!

[MadIvan]

What kind of wifi card do you have?

Regards, Ivan

[bigdcaldavis]

Well, Lindows was a start-up company...but maybe, JUST maybe, Microsoft bought Lindows (the company) in secret and changed its name to Linspire and put out a phony press release which made it look like Microsoft paid them to change their name. :)

[taxed2death]

d-link (if I remember correctly)

[Psycho_Bunny]

[gb63]

Try
http://www.mepis.org/forum

[MadIvan]

You have to give me the model number, then I can help you. If there is no native Linux driver, you need to use ndiswrapper.

Regards, Ivan

[antiRepublicrat]

Microsoft realizes that Linux uptake is growing very fast and has a huge presence in the server business. With a deal like this they can produce a tight VM setup using both Windows and Linux, and sell that to customers using the vouchers they bought. If that increases SUSE visibility and creates more demand, then Novell itself may sell more SUSE separately, and Microsoft gets a chunk of that according to the deal.

Removing all vestiges of the tin foil hat, and ignoring previous Microsoft predatory practices, this could be a win-win. Microsoft gets some Linux money, Linux gets even more validation in the corporate world, and Linux and Windows operate better together.

[gb63]

A lttle closer look at Dlink:
http://www.mepis.org/node/10666

[sionnsar]

I use Ubuntu Linux and PC BSD. Microsoft has no place in this house.

Microsoft's just about everywhere in my house except the Linux box (about to go from SuSe to Ubuntu) and the PDA (Debian). But it's all Win98 plus one Win2K.

[bigdcaldavis]

Do you have a Broadcom card? If so, here are some links.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=291088&highlight=broadcom+4306

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=284746&highlight=broadcom+4306

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=201902