[NTLUG:Discuss] MS Advertising Linux!

[Steve Baker]

al wrote:
> 
> >
> > http://computingcentral.msn.com/topics/os/Linux0500.asp
> 
> seeing as how the "official" pengiun is a GPL'd logo

...actually, the penguin isn't "GPL" - it's offered without
restriction so long as you mention that Larry Ewing painted
it using GIMP - "if anyone asks".

Has to be the weirdest OpenSource license I ever heard  :-)

BTW: I maintain the Tux FAQ where you can read all about our
mascot - and find out why he's our "mascot" and not our
"logo" - a point of heated discussion in some quarters!

   http://tuxaqfh.sourceforge.net/doc/index.html

> maybe they are trying to fracture the linux community by
> confusing newbies
> 
> They may be using this article to search for
> loose threads to pull on
> 
> but it is an extremely ineteresting article considering the source

Well, I guess it just means that the Microsoft Network content
providers really *are* independent from Microsoft's mainstream
operation.  They always claimed that would be the case - perhaps
with the monopoly issue hanging over them, they wanted to avoid
having MSN split off into another company - showing a truly
independent editorial position would certainly help to avoid that.

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