It seems that the much-hyped Lindows OS has painted themselves into a corner. After they've been hyping their vaporware like crazy for over a year now, they've finally figured out that Windows compatibility based on wine just isn't going to work. Trouble is, they've already inked a deal with Wal-Mart to sell Windows-compatible Linux PCs. I wonder how Wal-Mart is going to feel about their new focus.....

I can't say this surprises me. Frankly, I'm amazed that anybody really believed it to begin with. Sure, wine is a nifty little gadget and you can do some cool things with it, but anybody who has ever used it knows it will NEVER be ready for Wal-Mart. I've always thought Lindows was a lot of smoke and mirrors.

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