Re: Linux support denial in commercial products?

Jeff Gustafson (jeffgus@packardbell.com)
Mon, 19 Aug 1996 14:11:43 -0700 (PDT)


Thomas Griffing (tom@dsworks.com) wrote:

>By the way ... Did I really hear that Microsoft is going
>to port Explorer to Linux?

I asked a Microsoft guy about this and he said the because Linux
can't do the graphics that other Unicies and (as he pointed to the large
screen) Windows can do, they cannot port it to Linux. ???????! I always
thought that X was X, but MS must make it more complex. When I said,
"But I thought X was just plain X." He said that no, Linux just doesn't
have the capability. Whatever. I think MS is afraid of Linux.

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Jeffrey Gustafson -- jeffgus@packardbell.com
Technical Specialist & SysAdmin
On-Line Services Group
Packard Bell Electronics, Inc.