Leading items and editorials: Who really is the leading
distributor? What software is running inside your TV? and CLIQ
closes in.
“Who really is the leading distributor? This week SuSE put out a
press release on the latest PC Data report. SuSE certainly has
reason to brag: according to this report, SuSE now has 48% of the
U.S. retail Linux market. That’s a full 20% above the nearest
competitor. Not bad for a company which recently shut down most of
its U.S. presence….”
“What software is running inside your TV? In June, 2000, LWN
disagreed (lightly) Richard Stallman regarding this quote:
I’m less concerned with what happens with embedded
systems than I am with real computers. The real reason for this is
the moral issues about software freedom are much more significant
for computers that users see as a computer. And so I’m not really
concerned with what’s running inside my microwave oven.”
systems than I am with real computers. The real reason for this is
the moral issues about software freedom are much more significant
for computers that users see as a computer. And so I’m not really
concerned with what’s running inside my microwave oven.”