Sounds about right.
> I think the real test is going to be whether or not "Lindows" is ever
> anything but vaporware. So far it's showing all the classic symptoms of
> being vaporware and snake oil. My guess is that it's nothing more than
> a last-ditch effort at someone to grab up some of the last remaining
> bits of Linux-oriented VC with something that sounds like a sane idea
> but will eventually be canned with an excuse of "lack of funds" or
> something similar.
>
> I have very very low expectations that this product will ever be
> anything, and if it is, I'd go so far as to bet the farm that it's just
> a repackaged RedHat with the latest CVS of WINE included, preinstalled.
> There's some possibility that they might license the Transgaming or
> Transvirtual or whoever it is that's got the Direct-thingie enabled WINE
> and the deal with Mandrake and making the "Linux Gaming Edition" with
> "The Sims", but as I see this as nothing more than an attempted
> money-grab, I doubt it.
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