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MatthewPhillips on Aug 29, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What killed the Linux desktop

You got me on workspaces, I wasn't aware of the Xerox implementation.

I didn't mean packaging, I meant app stores, see Lindows and CNR.

flatline3 on Aug 29, 2012 [–]

Wasn't CNR just an subscription-based package repository service?

MatthewPhillips on Aug 29, 2012 | [–]

No, it was an app store like we know them today. Here's article from the founder (also the founder of MP3.com):

http://www.michaelrobertson.com/archive.php?minute_id=340

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