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Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux

From Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux
Date 2014-02-26 13:00 -0500
Organization National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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On Sat, 22 Feb 2014, Huge wrote:

> On 2014-02-11, q.kontinuum <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> This article shows the - in their opinion - weirdest places using Linux:
>>
>> http://www.networkworld.com/slideshow/139614/#slide1
>>
>> In short, they show pictures of slow cookers, a small robot, tsunami-
>> sensors, Computer Engineer Barbie (ok, there is no Linux, just a picture
>> suggesting she might use Linux), Airplain entertainment system, a bark-
>> activated door (yes, really!) and some others.
>>
>> Can you beat this?
>
> When I unpacked a new Sony TV for our bedroom, a copy of the GPL fell
> out. And it's not even a particularly "smart" TV - no wifi or internet
> or any of that.
>
My $10 at a rummage sale TomTom One GPS uses Linux, my found on the 
sidewalk just needed a lense cleaning Pioneer blu-ray player uses linux,
my Best Buy LCD tv set uses linux.

   Michael

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16 weirdest places you'll find Linux "q.kontinuum" <achsis_of_elvis@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-11 21:13 +0000
  Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux wjwlsn <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 09:12 +0000
  Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-22 15:45 +0000
    Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2014-02-22 17:19 -0400
      Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-23 21:32 +0000
    Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 13:00 -0500
      Re: 16 weirdest places you'll find Linux Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-26 19:51 +0000

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