On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, Stephen Partington wrote:
For me MS is going to be part of the world for a long time, even if the company self destructs next year. And a Large portion of software will work only on MS, if I want to use any of this software I will have a compatible platform.
I am truly interested. Putting to one side use cases of recreational computing [dedicated game platforms, whether Wii, X-Box, etc have protocol format blockers as well as as other 'proprietary' stickiness to try to lock a person to a given platform, and frankly, better 'pedal to the metal' performance], and putting aside applications which need to manipulate a intentionally properietary data API (DRM'd, patent wall, or public key protected content), what applications are you using that 'require' a non FOSS platorm?
Stated differently: What do you need to do to earn a living, that FOSS cannot do?
I would love to have the core API's used open sourced and see wine get the funding to work with it. But that's unlikely.
Patent protected codecs, and per seat licensed DRM wrapped 'trade secret' implementations become available that way ...
Wine provides operability at the 'use a binary intended a foreign OS' environment level, sort of like a sparrow wearing scuba gear to go after a meal of grubs in a creekbed.
If a person is willing accept moving around on crutches, that is a future, I guess, but is it worth committing to using adaptive devices, or to find or participate in building the FOSS alternative?
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