Fett and Counterstrike

by **soman** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 12:38am

so a pocketpc that runs linux isnt a pocket pc?
I didnt know that PPC were defined by their OS....

by **damian** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 12:41am

PPCs are defined by their hardware. An iPaq running Linux is still a PPC, since it is cable of running PPC and WinCE.

Besides, why fret over semantics here? As for the OQO itself, I'd say it's both vaporware and too expensive anyway.

by **sponge** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 1:23am

by **James S** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 1:25am

by **damian** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 3:37am

So an iPaq running linux is not a PPC, even though it says "Pocket PC" on it?

by **Cameron** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 3:51am

by **James S** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 4:02am

by **sponge** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:17am

You can use PocketPC wherever the hell you want; it's a generic term. That's why they use Windows Powered PocketPC.

by **ktemkin** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:27am

Yes, the only trademarks is windows; Palm could start calling their devices Pocket PCs, and it wouldn't be illegal.

by **sponge** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:28am

Whether MS would try to crush them under litigation is another matter however.

by **ktemkin** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:30am

MS will sue anything that moves.

by **damian** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:33am

Really? Like what? The only example that comes to mind is Lindows, which is a stupid name anyway.

by **Cameron** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:37am

Really, if anything MS is the exact opposite of sue happy. Now if you wanna talk about sueing for absolutely anything, look at apple. "Those buttons on that website look somewhat like the ones we use in our operating system, we'll see you in court!".

by **damian** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:39am

Yeah, for some reason because Microsoft is a large company people associate it with absolutely all possible bad things a company can do.

by **Cameron** » Mar 30, 2003 @ 5:41am

I've never been with the whole Down with MS crap, because that's just what it is crap. If you take the time to actually look at MS, while they may make buggy software, they're a company that keeps to themselves and actually (from what I've read in the past) care about their employees.

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