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I tried ReactOS but, sorry to say, it was a big fail.
With their snail's pace to just get basic Windows 2000/XP functionality...lol I agree, no.
I have been following them since 2004. Yes that date is correct.
I tried ReactOS but, sorry to say, it was a big fail.
And that's only because of years of development. Imagine what would happen and the kind of momentum that Linux would have if the community managed to put away all of the squabblings and decided to work on one single unified distro of Linux. Oh my God, they would achieve world domination in under one year. ONE YEAR PEOPLE! They would literally control the world's software in one year if they could all just bury the hatchet and work together towards one common goal.Kinda weird that I'm able to use Linux perfectly fine in a productive environment then. On various different systems. Desktops and servers.
They're rather LUNATICSOne of the many reasons why no one takes these clowns seriously.
Just like with Linux, where they banded together to make 1 superior Linux distro that everyone loves? /sarcasm
Lol, not a chance it would become superior to a large, paid team at MS. All that would happen if they released the source code would be fragmentation (with dozens of different groups claiming theirs is better).
Open source software is seldom better than their counterpart. And it gets even worse the more complex the task...
But, we don't need to worry about that. MS isn't going to release it. It would cost them (and their shareholders) too much...
I agree. I respect the work the Free Software Foundation does as community steward, but this is not an honest request they are making and they are being disrespectful of Microsoft's earned membership in the business community by proferring such a demand. The Free Software Foundation is a responsible steward of Open Source Software that lives by donations and membership dues. That is their model. Microsoft is a publicly traded company that takes profits from their intellectual property which is sold in the form of licenses. That is their model. Nobody is asking the Free Software Foundation to give 25% of their private contributions or dues back to their members. This would be ridiculous, just as asking Microsoft to give up on $30.35 BILLION dollars of potential revenue would be irresponsible to their shareholders. The FSF should stick to their good stewardship of Open Source and Public Domain offerings rather than promoting silly activist propaganda that creates ugly optics on "sides" that should not even exist. This ecosystem is big enough for everyone. I'm sure Microsoft thought they were past this!... nonsense...
I say this as sometime who has developed software for about 25 years now and at least half of that was for Windows. Most of what I've written in the past decade has been deployed on Linux.
The request itself is bullshit. You can upgrade to Windows 10 for free. Microsoft has told to create ausb installer, you enter your Windows 7 key and it just works. If you have a bios key it may work as well, should be on a sticker as well.
In any case, it isn't really end of life as a software, just that version. The natural path is to upgrade or migrate. This is a publicity stunt playing and simple.
I run Linux at home. It's better than it's every been in terms of timing on the desktop. There's still some pain though. I'd say it's nearly at parity with Windows. And this may be the time to change over if you're still running Windows, most of what you use will probably have a Linux version or work in wine.
Sure, Windows will work if you upgrade to Windows 10. But will all your other software?
Windows Vista / 7 came out when software development was exploding, many large institutions (governments, banks, hostpitals, etc) would have purchased specialist software that runs on that version of Windows. And cannot work on Windows 10 due to all the new licensing requirements or driver changes. Those institutions are basically stuck on Win7 because the cost of migrating their software or finding a vendor that will provide the software on Win10 is so prohibitive. And these aren't institutions where you can just turn the software off.
Windows is a critical software for most businesses and MS did not provide even the option of full compatibility in Win10.
Which only the paranoid seem to worry about. Apple and Google are watching you btw way. Not to mention so are governments.Comes with an enormous amount of crapware and spyware baked in too.
I get tired of hearing this. And this is why. That is like telling someone they can program their own OS. Sure if they bothered to take the time in learning how. Which no one ever does because it is near impossible. And when you do it breaks functions that you do want.Oh btw, all the crap in windows can be disabled or removed.
I get tired of hearing this. And this is why. That is like telling someone they can program their own OS. Sure if they bothered to take the time in learning how. Which no one ever does because it is near impossible. And when you do it breaks functions that you do want.
That basically means I would be the only one in my family spending 20 minutes on all their machines. You are not only pissing on your friends and family. You are pissing on yourself.I get tired of hearing ^ that. There are endless websites showing how to TURN off the windows services or features that some people don't want. It may take all of 20 minutes then it's done.
That basically means I would be the only one in my family spending 20 minutes on all their machines. You are not only pissing on your friends and family. You are pissing on yourself.
And then you have it all over again in the next build.
Edit: That doesn't change my previous comment. It is not possible in 2 days much less 20 minutes.
I tried ReactOS but, sorry to say, it was a big fail.
Yes, when the developer of the open source program has the financial backing for the project, it tends to be better (they can be in the "seldom"). But I'm also talking about open source in general.Open source is often superior to closed source when the developer has captured it's part of the market. In cases like Linux though where several large groups are vying for control, fragmentation happens and it hurts rather than helps the platform as a whole. Of course you covered the latter but my point is that you can't hold all open source software up up to the Linux example. Not all open source software is bad.
Bullshit. Windows 10 isn't spyware and you damn well know it! It's nothing more than scare tactics spread by people who have their tinfoil hats on too tight. Sure, Windows 10 does send some data to Microsoft but there is nothing indicating that there is any personally identifiable data being sent. Yes, there is metadata and telemetry but metadata and telemetry is a far cry from actual user data.
Besides, do you have any damn clue how many lawsuits that Microsoft would be enduring every day of the week if Windows 10 was really spying on us? Do you? Let's put it this way... Harvard wouldn't be able to pump out enough lawyers to handle the massive load of lawsuits that would be filed against them every day of the week. And we're not even talking about the massive amounts of monetary payouts that Microsoft would be forced to payout. And not only that but think about all of the violations of HIPAA laws, those alone would get Microsoft in so much hot water that they would quite simply be dead.
They would be sued into the ground with the force of a multi-megaton nuke. Microsoft is stupid but they're not that f**king stupid. People like you need to really start thinking with more logical thoughts instead of believing all of this conspiracy crap.
That's what a lot of people around here don't seem to understand, it takes a lot of man-hours to write this kind of stuff and people expect to be paid real money for their work.
If Microsoft release Windows' source code, someone will dig into how it works and improve current compatibility layer like Wine.
One day Linux may run Windows application smoothly, and Windows would lost its advantages over Linux, which is free.
No, it is you that needs the help man. The government is not out to get little you. They have much bigger fish to fry. You know, like terrorists that want to kill us all because their so called god has told them to do so.The Gov't need those backdoors and Microsoft is using the same tactics that the NSA used for years
(since you cannot prove in a corrupt court that there is an illegal NSA spying program spying on you, then you have no case)
Since the software is closed source, the victims have the burden of proof
It is all but impossible to prove what is hidden in the source code, and did I mention, the Gov't needs those back doors?
STOP DRINKING THE COOL-AID!
Get help now!
No, it is you that needs the help man. The government is not out to get little you. They have much bigger fish to fry. You know, like terrorists that want to kill us all because their so called god has told them to do so.
If data collection is the difference between us living and the bad people dying, then I’m all for that data collection every day of the week.
Oh and by the way, Snowden was a damn traitor.
Look to the Middle East, them people want us all dead. Dead. DEAD! They will stop at nothing until the west is destroyed.Do you have evidence for anything you just said?
That I need help?
That the Gov't was not out to get me?
That there are bigger fish to fry?
That terrorists want to kill us all?
That their so called god has told them to do so?
That data collection is the difference between us living and bad people dying?
or that "YOU" are somehow not "the bad people"
and, that Snowden was a damn traitor?
No links to FAKE NEWS please
Just factual / verifiable evidence is all I'm asking for
Thanks!