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Does anyone have any idea how this could affect any startups selling software online?

This could have huge ramifications, but as usual it's Congress mucking things up.

> the vapid updates of friends mixed in with poorly constructed advertisements isn't very engaging

Did you really expect prolific and intense discussion? This is Facebook we're talking about here...

If there were an HN Home I would download it without even thinking.

I have to say hats off to WindowMaker. It's more resource-heavy than OpenBox or FluxBox, but I love dockapps.

Can't live without them anymore. They're live tiles way before Microsoft even thought of them.

Also, it's more functional than OpenBox by a mile, as well.

First of all, there's no seventh row on the keyboard. Second, the Trackpoint buttons are gone. Third, the Thinklight has been replaced with a backlit keyboard, which is egregious as the Thinklight allowed one to illuminate documents or other materials as well as the keyboard.

It's just like any other laptop now. And when you're used to 1440x900 (I'm on a MacBook Air) 160 horizontal pixels is really worthless and screws up the proportions. What ThinkPad users want, and have wanted for ages is a 16:10 display, excellent engineering, and the TrackPoint front and center.

Lenovo is squandering all of the above.

While from a business standpoint, this is perfectly viable and a smart move on IBM's part, in the long-term, seeing how Lenovo has ruined the Think brand, I would be wary of spinning off any more operations to Lenovo.

They just don't have clear product focus, but in this world, I guess shareholders rule. Even if those shareholders don't act in the best interest of the company.