[Leaplist] Another Vixta ??

[Hank Lambert]

I am not so sure that there intention was to provide a vista clone for 
those who love micro$oft as much as it was to show that with good 
programming, you can have the same thing without the huge hardware 
investment that vista requires. While I haven't read anything stating 
such, it would make more since that they created a distro to show the 
die hard Micro$oft lovers and eye candy fans that eye candy isn't 
limited to vista alone. Of course, this is only a theory. Is it for me? 
Nah, I still love Debian, but I'm getting ready to take Fedora 8 for a 
test drive on my laptop

Hank


Fred Moore wrote:
> Danny W. Burdick wrote:
>   
>> aother desktop distribution with a goal to clone the look and feel of
>> Windows Vista.
>>
>> http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=04763
>>
>>     
>
>
> I am still trying to understand what all the hype is about..  Do we
> actually have people out there who want their Corvette to look like a
> old beat up scooter. 
>
> I have been waiting for Microsoft to start the legal action against open
> source..  and I think they have cause..  
>
> Just like I can't start a retail business and name it K-Mert,  or Sars, 
> I don't know how we can in good conscious have a distro called Vixta. 
> Anyone who is involved in this crap deserves to loose everything they
> own in the legal actions.   I can hear the argument in court..  
>
> Your honor.. not only did they use a name so close to ours misleading 
> the public, but they have openly make every effort to look and feel like
> us..  They are using the billions we spend in promoting Vista to further
> their cause and we have been damaged by billions.. which is want we want
> to recover..
>
> I will never touch a distro that leaves the entire open source community
> in jeopardy.  Some people are just idiots...   Don't they understand
> that to put a logo on a computer or software that says "Vista Capable"
> they must get microslops permission to use the word.. Vista..  its
> called Trademarking..   
>
> Wise up people..  Fred
>
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