Robert Snyder wrote:
>And if it was a Lindows aka Linspire car, it would have the following
>problems.
>
>1. Even though claims by the CEO that the Linspire car could work with
>Windows car parts natively, the feature was removed and then later denied.
>
>2. While the Linspire car is cheap and pretty upfront they hit you with tons
>of hidden cost. It cost you to open thedoor , turn the car on, roll down
>the car windows, and even play the cdplayer, worst of all this has to be
>done via the Click n Run center.
>
>3. Even though the Linspire car is based off a basic Linux car and like
>other linux based cars should be able to tak linux car parts.... Nope the
>Linspire cars have made so many alterations that the simplist of parts
>refuse to work correctly unless you buy the part from Linspires Click and
>Run Shop.
>
>4. Perhaps the worst of all, 5 years down the line Linspire corp, will
>probabaly no longer be around to give support or fix your linspire card,
>because the ceo decided to poke the big dog on the road with a big stick and
>then cried because the dog bit him in the butt, then took all there money.
>
>
Don't forget:
1. It doesn't come with anywhere to sit. You'd have to pay an annual
per-seat license to have bench- or bucket-seats installed (more for the
latter).
2. Once you paid your licenses for the seats, you'd still have to
install them yourself. Unfortunately, since they're a proprietary
design and their workings are intentionall obfuscated and protected by
the DMCA, it's illegal for them to tell you how to install them, and
none of your tools (which are probably not proprietary tools) don't fit
any of the nuts and bolts required.
3. Like any other car based on open source design, you have to be an
engineer to be a driver yourself -- otherwise, you have to FIND a driver
and install him in the car. Since most of the controls are proprietary,
it's not very easy to find a driver that another engineer has trained
for you that is compatible with the Lindows car design, so you'll
probably have to go to the company that makes the car or one of the
companies that makes its parts to pay for a driver as well. Obviously,
these things are not for the faint of wallet.
4. Drivers of Windows cars will view you as a traitor and a simpleton.
Drivers of open-source cars will view you as a traitor and a simpleton.
Drivers of SCO-built cars will just try to sue your ass because you
should be paying THEM a per-seat license as well, claiming they hold the
patent on some integral part of the seat design.
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