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Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Diego Calleja <diegocg@gmail.com>
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On Thu, 2005-12-08 at 13:31 +0100, Diego Calleja wrote:
> El Wed, 7 Dec 2005 22:21:31 -0800 (PST),
> Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@arm.linux.org.uk> escribió:
> 
> > Lets be objective at least, Windows XP was released in 2002, have you 
> > tried Linux distros from 2002 on said laptops?
> 
> Indeed windows xp was released in 2002, but Microsoft don't seem
> to add new drivers in the service packs (which is something they
> could do).

in the OEM editions they sure do.