Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread NetOpsCenter
Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com +

Re: Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Erich Dollansky
Hi, NetOpsCenter wrote: Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? they use this just as another form of outsourcing. As long

RE: [SDBUG] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Jeremiah Gowdy
Microsoft give up? Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http

Re: Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? yes. look at linux as an example. this will make windows even slower, even more buggy - thats

FW: Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Fidel Garcia
@freebsd.org; LUAU Subject: Re: Did Microsoft give up? I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? yes. look at linux as an example. this will make

Re: [LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Jim Thompson
On Feb 21, 2008, at 7:20 AM, NetOpsCenter wrote: Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? No. Its more get the EU off

Re: FW: Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Wojciech Puchar
Why do you think hardware producers will like that? slowest system, and frequent new versions even slower, requiring constant buying new hardware ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FW: Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread Bill Campbell
On Thu, Feb 21, 2008, Wojciech Puchar wrote: Why do you think hardware producers will like that? slowest system, and frequent new versions even slower, requiring constant buying new hardware Much the same reason IBM like[ds] JCL on main frames. Every time somebody messed it up, it required

Re: Did Microsoft give up?

2008-02-21 Thread B H
NetOpsCenter 48799160 %m: Aloha, I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening its code for development of its operating system. God. Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best way to go? Yes.