[News] [Rival] XP's Retirement Has Windows Abandoned for Free Software
Roy Schestowitz
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Good-bye Windows XP, Hello Open Source?
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| If I’ve said this once, I’ve said it a thousand times: When will Microsoft
| scrap Windows all together build a new version from scratch? Apple has done
| it several times; Mac OS X is just the most recent; Systems 7 and 9 were
| major upgrades that didn’t look back.
|
| Sure, there are a few bumps along the migration path with each successive
| upgrade, but they’re far outweighed by the benefits of the new operating
| system. And Apple always goes out of its way to include backward
| compatibility through stable emulation.
|
| I’m not saying it anymore. Microsoft, you’re on your own. You won’t have
| Eddie Correia to get crash reports from anymore.
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http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2723.html
Another Windows veteran acknowledging that Windows is over. Broken beyond
repair.
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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Robin T Cox
> Good-bye Windows XP, Hello Open Source?
If people choose Windows, then why don't MS prove it by releasing XP as Open
Source - for free - now that its life has expired?
Lots of people might prefer it ...
Or would they? Perhaps MS are too scared to find out.
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Rick
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Good-bye Windows XP, Hello Open Source?
>
> If people choose Windows, then why don't MS prove it by releasing XP as
> Open Source - for free - now that its life has expired?
>
> Lots of people might prefer it ...
>
> Or would they? Perhaps MS are too scared to find out.
I know... Microsoft could start with an OSS system, like.. oh, I don't
know... maybe one of the BSDs and put a proprietary layer on top. Then
they would have thousands/millions of people helping to write their OS,
and they could concentrate on a much smaller part of the system...
That would be so innovat.... Oh. Hmmm .. .nevermind.
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Rick
DFS
> I know... Microsoft could start with an OSS system, like.. oh, I
> don't know... maybe one of the BSDs and put a proprietary layer on
> top.
You're too late - Rex "Kingmaker" Ballard already spewed that stupid
speculation:
"Microsoft has hinted that they are doing a major rework of the kernel,
which will probably be based on the BSD kernel, and will probably be
released with Vista."
> Then they would have thousands/millions of people helping to
> write their OS, and they could concentrate on a much smaller part of
> the system...
Why would MS commit corporate ruin? Look at the slopware thousands/millions
of Linux/OSS developers turn out.
Rick
Look at the lying POS that is DFS....
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Rick
Snit
2-idnSbY8LU8OvPV...@supernews.com on 7/4/08 3:43 PM:
That is not nice!
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Homer
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Good-bye Windows XP, Hello Open Source?
>
> If people choose Windows, then why don't MS prove it by releasing XP
> as Open Source
As I've postulated before, there's probably too much in there that
Microsoft does not hold exclusive rights to (Adobe and others), so
they can't just arbitrarily re-license it, even if they wanted to,
which of course they don't.
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K.
http://slated.org
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| "Stallman has frequently pointed out, Free Software is by no means
| antithetical to making money: it's just a question of how you make
| money." ~ Glyn Moody: http://tinyurl.com/4wn2l2 (ComputerworldUK)
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Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) on sky, running kernel 2.6.23.8-63.fc8
00:07:11 up 196 days, 20:42, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.04, 0.11
Hadron
> Rick wrote:
>
>> I know... Microsoft could start with an OSS system, like.. oh, I
>> don't know... maybe one of the BSDs and put a proprietary layer on
>> top.
>
> You're too late - Rex "Kingmaker" Ballard already spewed that stupid
> speculation:
Hats off to DFS!
I never tire of the "Kingmaker". Brilliant satire!
Roy Schestowitz
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____/ Homer on Saturday 05 July 2008 00:07 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Robin T Cox spake thusly:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>> Good-bye Windows XP, Hello Open Source?
>>
>> If people choose Windows, then why don't MS prove it by releasing XP
>> as Open Source
>
> As I've postulated before, there's probably too much in there that
> Microsoft does not hold exclusive rights to (Adobe and others), so
> they can't just arbitrarily re-license it, even if they wanted to,
> which of course they don't.
They could try mimicking what Nokia had done with Symbian, but as many people
argued, that would not save them. Linux is well-engineered because
of /process/ and /licence/ (that attracts/ed developers).
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~~ Best of wishes
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