On 25/06/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Kris Douglas</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:webbox.uk@gmail.com">webbox.uk@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
*Begins to burn, slowly.* Microsoft knows feck all about the GPL all they know about is the WEROBYA</blockquote><div><br>Interestingly I did a similar post on the Gllug mailing list and the discussion is a hive of activity, apparently, so I read, MS has been distributing stuff under the GPL for some time now. Exactly what is not mentioned so I&#39;m just as wise as you.
<br><br>There&#39;s also a prediction that MS will produce a Linux Kernel OS in 2008 or there abouts. I&#39;ve been following slashdot for two or three weeks now and there&#39;s definitely something brewing MS has approached just about everyone now with regards to some form of partnership be it&nbsp; Patent agreements or even closer ties. As we all know Vista has been a bit of a flop, MS is at then end of the road as far as Windows is concerned so as a business they need an alternative product to carry them forward.
<br><br>I&#39;m not saying they&#39;d go bust over night but to get back on track with the kinds of revenue they attained with 98, 2000 and XP its time to diversify.<br></div><br></div>-- <br>Regards<br><br>Dick Turpin<br>
<br>Arch Linux is an independent i686-optimized community distribution for intermediate and advanced Linux users. Utilising a Rolling Release System packages are regularly updated and an ISO release is just a snapshot to the stable packages at that time. So there&#39;s no need for a fresh install the command 'pacman –Syu' upgrades the whole system.