[TriLUG] This date in history...

[Ian Meyer]

Here's food for thought:

Part of what makes Ubuntu attractive is what it includes. The problem  
is this also meant is includes software that violates the DMCA,  
patent law, that infringes on multiple, enforced patents, and through  
its inclusion of binary-only kernel drivers, violates the GPL.

Does Dell really want to open themselves up to this kind of legal  
vulnerability?

Methinks someone at Dell just hasn't realized all this yet.

~ian

ps: I stole my information from spot, whom I trust, so plz2not flame  
me asking for references for the allegations.

On May 1, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Kevin Jones wrote:

> Dell introduces Ubuntu 7.04 on desktops and laptops:
> http://news.com.com/Dell+picks+Ubuntu+for+Linux+PCs/ 
> 2100-7344_3-6180419.html?tag=cd.lede
>
> FreeBSD 6.2 is released to the public:
> http://www.freebsd.org/where.html
>
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