I thought (hoped?) it was real till I read this (which is an obvious parody): "He said many girls are also complaining of getting stuck on the Microsoft upgrade treadmill, and expressed little interest in upgrading to the latest versions of Microsoft Windows and the Office productivity suite until they come bundled with a new computer system. The girls cited prohibitively high costs ($400 for Office, $300 for Windows XP) and a lack of interesting features as reasons they were holding off on upgrading." BTW - is anybody noticing problems with wireless connectivity today because of the solar storm today? http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/10/24/solar.forecast/index.html Brady > Very funny and totally bull, I think. I searched Mattel.com and peeked > at Barbie.com and did not find any info. No press release, no ISOs, only > lots of buzz on the net. > > But I've been wrong before. > > John J. Trammell wrote: > > http://qrxx.4t.com/barbieOS.htm > > > > ... BarbieOS 1.0 is the result of almost a year's worth of marketing > > research into what pre-adolescent girls want in a mobile Linux solution > > aimed at being a desktop replacement. ... > > > > Apparently the preteen set prefers Debian? > > > > -- > Eric (Rick) Meyerhoff > rick at eworld3.net > 952-929-1659 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list