Windows 7 to be Open Source....
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martin_hughes wrote:
Given Microsoft's significant infrastructure and financial resource there's nothing to stop it from benefiting from the work of a vast number of developers the world
That is a myth. Even Linux (except for the drivers) is maintained by a very small group of developers, most of them employed by RedHat and IBM. I have a small open source project[^] that gets 200+ downloads a month, but all I received from the "community" was one patch for Solaris and I didn't even use that one. A real case for open sourcing Windows and Office would be that some governments are mandating the use of open source software.
with all due respect your project isnt exactly an end user high profile project is it? the big end user focused projects get a lot of people throwing patches in etc etc :)
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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but if all machines are the same hardware and run the same distro (essentially how corporates work now with windows) then it would work the same way
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
l a u r e n wrote:
essentially how corporates work now with windows
Not in any sizable IT organization I know of. Usually the bigger the organization, the more variety you find. I work at one with about a thousand machines at a single site. We have a mix of Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, and a few Vista boxes. Most organizations can't afford to spend the money on new hardware for everyone every three years just so that they can stick with a 'standard'. The other issue is machine 'churn'. PC's fail and get replaced. The standard hardware doesn't sit still over time, and you end up with a variety whether you like it or not. The only types of businesses I know of that can stick to a common, standard machine are call centers and similar types of service bureaus. These are the types of places where you have the endless cubicle farms of gray, bored drones running the same machines.
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l a u r e n wrote:
essentially how corporates work now with windows
Not in any sizable IT organization I know of. Usually the bigger the organization, the more variety you find. I work at one with about a thousand machines at a single site. We have a mix of Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, and a few Vista boxes. Most organizations can't afford to spend the money on new hardware for everyone every three years just so that they can stick with a 'standard'. The other issue is machine 'churn'. PC's fail and get replaced. The standard hardware doesn't sit still over time, and you end up with a variety whether you like it or not. The only types of businesses I know of that can stick to a common, standard machine are call centers and similar types of service bureaus. These are the types of places where you have the endless cubicle farms of gray, bored drones running the same machines.
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]right of course but if you standardize on certain video / network cards then there would not be an issue either ... at least i've never come across one like you describe
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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well martin i respect your view but would say that market trends point to you being mistaken ... time will (as always) tell ;)
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
Ok, tell you what. If in ten year's time Microsoft haven't made Windows Open Source I will fly you and your significant other to any city of your choosing, world wide, and provide $10,000 of spending money. If, on the other hand, Microsoft do make Windows Open Source, you will, at your own expense, become New York's Lady Godiva. Deal?
My Bookmarks I clicked the link. In an instant I was transported 15 years back in time.
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Ok, tell you what. If in ten year's time Microsoft haven't made Windows Open Source I will fly you and your significant other to any city of your choosing, world wide, and provide $10,000 of spending money. If, on the other hand, Microsoft do make Windows Open Source, you will, at your own expense, become New York's Lady Godiva. Deal?
My Bookmarks I clicked the link. In an instant I was transported 15 years back in time.
ok lets make it so altho i would say my gf would be far more pleasurable to the eyes imo but nevertheless you have a deal ;)
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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martin_hughes wrote:
your idiot cousin who went to "art" school
It must be hard to have a cousin like that... :rolleyes:
it's harder to have a sister like that, along with a second sister and a brother in music school. :((
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Who in MS would lead this? AFAIK Ozzie hadn't done any open source projects before he came to MS. And why 10 years? Would they be doing it from a position of strength or a position of desperation?
cheers, Paul M. Watson.
Paul Watson wrote:
Who in MS would lead this?
DevDiv, the same folks who have open sourced more an more lately, as well as using open source components and shipping them as part of a MS product.
Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango
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it's harder to have a sister like that, along with a second sister and a brother in music school. :((
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
AAAARrrrgh!!!! don't do that... please... don't...
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AAAARrrrgh!!!! don't do that... please... don't...
*sigh* If you know a way to pick who your (blood) family is I'd be interested to hear it.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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*sigh* If you know a way to pick who your (blood) family is I'd be interested to hear it.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
dan neely wrote:
If you know a way to pick who your (blood) family is I'd be interested to hear it.
Hey Dan, Look at the icon, of course I was joking... My family is like all the families in the world... something that you can't choose... we have good and bad moments...