littleman - 3:57 am on Jan 20, 2002 (gmt 0)

All this is speculation. I agree that embedded space *could* be what they have in mind.

>inferior
We'll just let that sit, no need to start an OS holy war.

>profit source

With an OS based on open source development the overhead is substantially lower than proprietary software. They could cut a deal with a major PC manufacturer where AOLinux is licensed for free and the revenue is generated from AOL subscriptions. Such a move will cut MS completely out of the loop, and foster loyalty of Joe_I_like_to_surf_and_check_my_email_a_lot_and_that_is_what_computers_are_good_for.