i've always thought that the downside to open source OS' is that things are extended and modified but the guts of the programming usually remains the same...
i mean the concept of X has not really had any other competition has it? we all no it has limitation in speed etc, but the choices we have are only modifications of it. you'd think that if there was money to be made, that this would happen and groups would take the plunge creating ingenius new systems... but then you see microsoft, and the same old stuff coming out of it for years. maybe it's just how things work, but when you look at the freedom that programmers have, it's almost pure design. in a free environment you expect them to reach for the sky- --- Andrew Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jeremy Bertenshaw writes: > > Heres an interesting thought... > > > > If windows was free i.e. available for $0 would you switch? > > > > How much of an impact would this have on peoples use of > > OSS? if they gave away the OS, but you still had to pay > > for the apps? > > > > jeremyb. > > > > > > > >The most important aspect of the Free Software fandango to me is the >community aspect. Not being much of a programmer, or for that matter a >systems tinkerer, the source code's availability to me is not much of >a day-to-day issue (although I like the thought of being able to add >my own features and fix my own bugs, if only I could program :] >). However, I very much like the fact that the source code is open to >other people, and the development is driven by a community of users >and programmers working for themselves rather than by a company >focused on the bottom line. I can in theory join this community if I >ever get good enough at programming. > >I don't get that with microsoft. > >-- >|Andrew Tarr | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://arc.stuff.gen.nz >|GPG Public Key:- http://arc.stuff.gen.nz/andrew.gpg >|_____ >"There is no excellent beauty that hath not >some strangeness in the proportions" >--Francis Bacon >|~~~~~ >| _____________________________________________________________ <a href="http://www.gamedev.net";>GameDev.net Email Service</a> - "Plenty of 1's and 0's" _____________________________________________________________ Select your own custom email address for FREE! Get [EMAIL PROTECTED] w/No Ads, 6MB, POP & more! http://www.everyone.net/selectmail?campaign=tag
