__/ [ John Bailo ] on Saturday 10 June 2006 08:08 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>
>> This depicts the relationships between Linux distributions very neatly. It
>> is not new though. This defends the argument that Linux distributions are
>> very much alike and not totally fragmented (as in parentless or
>> discontinued).
>
> Case in point. Compare the large number of single application CSS
> companies that come and go. Now take a minor Linux vendor, such as Puppy
> Linux. Ordinarily I would have expected this project to just go by the
> wayside, yet we see:
>
> http://puppylinux.com/
>
> it, like many distroes are alive and kicking.
>
> How many Microsoft "projects", once ballyhooed as the next big thing have
> dwindled to nothingness without even a web page to remember them by?
Microsoft Bob?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob
http://www.telecommander.com/pics/links/application%20software/microsoft/Microsoft_Bob_1_0/Microsoft_Bob_1_0.htm
http://www.dans20thcenturyabandonware.com/ms-bob.html
http://toastytech.com/guis/bob.html
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