▲ 242 ▼ A quick look back at Corel Linux OS, another attempt to make a competing Windows-like OS (www.neowin.net) submitted 2 years ago by d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz [M] to c/linux@lemmy.ml 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments Anyone else remember Corel Linux?
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, the problem is that the main reason people used Linux was because it was Free Software. Well, to be fair that was what the nerds using it at the time wanted. They weren't Corel's target consumer though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] erwan@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago Sure, but I don't know what their value proposition for their customers was. Except "we want to take a piece of the cake from Microsoft", which their customers didn't care about. Why would anyone use that instead of Windows? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago Sure, but I don't know what their value proposition for their customers was. Except "we want to take a piece of the cake from Microsoft", which their customers didn't care about. Why would anyone use that instead of Windows? permalink fedilink source parent