[Am-info] SuSE opens Linux desktop for Windows

Roy Bixler rcb@bix.org
Wed, 30 Oct 2002 15:18:55 -0600


On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 04:00:30AM -0500, Fred A. Miller wrote:
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> 'Wonder if this will set Ballmer off. :)

I wonder.  Does Office include a clause in the EULA which says that it
must be run on a legally licenced copy of Windows?  I know that
Internet Explorer's EULA includes such a clause.

> Fred
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> SuSE opens Linux desktop for Windows
> 
> By Matthew Broersma
> ZDNet (UK)
> October 29, 2002, 9:09 AM PT
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> Linux distributor SuSE is hoping to get desktop users to switch to its
> operating system with a new edition of its software specifically designed for
> office workers--including software that allows it to run Microsoft Office and
> other Windows applications.
> 
> In January SuSE will launch, through its resellers, SuSE Linux Office Desktop,
> a distribution aimed at small to medium-sized enterprises. The package
> includes SuSE Linux 8.1 and applications designed to ease Windows users'
> transition to Linux.
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> Read the rest of the article at:
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-963703.html
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