MS distributing Ubuntu...

[Scott (angrykeyboarder)]

Ouattara Oumar Aziz (alias wattazoum) spake thusly on 203377024 ::
> Mike McMullin a écrit :
>> On Sat, 2007-06-23 at 20:51 -0400, Ed Smits wrote:
>>> >From Groklaw via Slashdot:
>>>
>>> http://tinyurl.com/yntzt6
>>>
>>> Windows Marketplace, an official MS site, was offering downloads of
>>> Ubuntu for a short time, with this description:
>>>
>>> "Note: This is the desktop version of Ubuntu. Ubuntu is a community
>>> developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops, and
>>> servers. "
>>>
>>> over 10,000 downloaded it before it got pulled<G>
>>   Which is really nothing considering how many computers are out there.
>>
> Sure, the number of download isn't that great but , if you consider that
> the people using that web site are MS users and fans, and consider the
> little time the link has been there , we can assume , people did see the
> potential of such a "software" .

The download count was a bit misleading though...

See my earlier reply in this thread.

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