GUI

[DanG]

True, Intel does need some competition. That will come with the new AMD
Opterons and the Athlon 64. I wish that IBM would release a chipset or specs
for the mainboard manufacturers worldwide so we could buy G5 PowerPC cpu's
(which are really fast - but not at a cost point for most people) and not
have to buy a Mac (remember the Mac clone days folks - man that was a long
time ago :-) ) and use them in standard boards. That would really force the
cpu market into competition. One nice note... the new X-box from Microsoft
has licensed PowerPC chips (G5-like) from IBM instead of using Intel chips.
At least that is a start. Now if only IBM could work with the oem
motherboard makers and open up PowerPC which already runs Linux and the
BSDs.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org] On Behalf Of William Park
Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2003 3:32 PM
To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: GUI

On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 09:01:26AM -0500, cbbrowne-HInyCGIudOg at public.gmane.org wrote:
> And what is further interesting about the Microsoft situation is that
> the _genuine_ political opposition is mostly taking place outside the
> US.
> 
> In the US, Microsoft can wave the American flag and say, "Support us!
> It's Unamerican to do otherwise!"
> 
> But any place where they are 'alien,' the money that goes into licenses
> is being sent to a foreign nation, taking money out of the domestic
> software market.  Microsoft can pay for a lot of lobbyists, but the only
> country in which they can play the "patriotism" card is the US.  If they
> buy off politicians, it can't be disguised as some form of patriotism.

It's quite amusing to see all these cheap shots directed at Microsoft,
while leaving the hardware players (ie. Intel, IBM) alone.  Whether it's
OS/2, Windows, DOS, or Linux, they're all running on Intel CPU.  If
Microsoft's dominance is so bad, then Intel's position is worse by order
of magnitude.

So far, Korean (federal) and German (municipal) government decided to
try Linux.  This means Intel CPU, also.  Where are the commies when you
really need them?

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