I suggest you read the GNU manifesto. The point of Wine and Linux is that it's a philosophically free replacement for the current status quo - simply using Microsoft code changes nothing except the way the windows look, which isn't really the point.
thanks -mike On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 21:04, David Filskov wrote: > I'm not a programmer and I know this is not your goal... but: > > Woulden't it help if Windows users just copied the kernel from their Windows >installation and used this for an alternative desktop/system? - I mean the Windows NT >kernel seems to work alright, but all the things Microsoft put on top of it slows it >down and locks people away from settings and confuses them etc... if you had people >use the real kernel instead (without offering it online of course) Windows users >could use YOUR desktop/GUI implementation but still use all the existing drivers and >apps... and have faster and more configurable computer using your alternative desktop. > > I know a lot of Windows users who would want such an alternative... just a thought... > > --David Filskov > Denmark > -- Mike Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> QinetiQ - Malvern Technology Center
