[Gllug] Microsoft was distributing Ubuntu

[Chris Bell]

On Sun 01 Jul, Russell Howe wrote:
> 

> 
> You're comparing apples & oranges somewhat... XP was released when?
> 2002? 5 years ago, I would have expected to spend quite some time
> fiddling around with a Linux install too.
> 
> There would have been no SATA support, probably no to little wifi, poor
> gigE support, a lack of decent auto hardware detection (no hotplug/udev,
> etc).
> 

   Was SATA such a great surprise to Microsoft? Open Source developers tend
to be presented with a fait accompli when a new system is introduced.

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Chris Bell

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