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You`ve just given me an idea Q.
How about when this sort of rubbish happens, people just
respond with..."Off Topic", and leave it at that.
Maybe that'll work. I don't know what it is about operating systems,
but there are a lot of valued contributors to a.c.f who will go on here
about commercial software in this area, whereas they never would about
other commercial software.
R
Renan
The Wizard said:Don't mention Linux,Never even tried that after the desktop screen looked so
awful.
You can have various different desktop interfaces.
It's just for people that want to be different (and get stuff for free of
course)
Not quite. I use Linux mostly for training/self-education, because more
and more jobs are requiring it. There are a few things that I can't do
with Linux, however, and I don't mind to use Windows.
Better the devil you know I say, If everyone switched to Linux tomorrow and
ditched MS, They too would see the $$$$ signs and start charging heaps for
it.
Even if they did, older versions would still be available (the GPL
enforces this) and a "fork" (derivate work) of the old application could
still be done.
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Neb
Neb said:Hi Everyone!
Does anyone know for how long is beta Vista going to work
after it's installed?
Thanks!
Neb
Hi again!
I am so sorry I opened a can...
I agree that to some degree this is not a question for this group...
but it also is. After all this beta version of Vista is free...
In any case, for such a wrong question for this group it sure got
a large response...
I just thought that you guys that are visiting this group are smart and
very resourceful and you would give me the best answer...
Thank you again.
All the best,
Neb
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(e-mail address removed) (Renan(r)) wrote in
I don't think it's even possible for Torvalds himself to change the
license of the kernel. The copyright belongs to him "and others who
actually wrote it"[1]. AIUI, he'd have to get them all to agree to a
new license, and some of them are pretty adamantly behind the notion of
free software. As for the GNU stuff, the FSF controls all its
copyrights, so there's no chance it won't be GPLed at any point.
[1] <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/COPYING>
Even if they did, older versions would still be available (the GPL
enforces this) and a "fork" (derivate work) of the old application
could still be done.
I don't think it's even possible for Torvalds himself to change the
license of the kernel. The copyright belongs to him "and others who
actually wrote it"[1]. AIUI, he'd have to get them all to agree to a
new license, and some of them are pretty adamantly behind the notion of
free software. As for the GNU stuff, the FSF controls all its
copyrights, so there's no chance it won't be GPLed at any point.
[1] <ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/COPYING>
E
elaich
and on a parallel level of reasoning(?) you could decide - just this once
- to forgo the opportunity to (yet again) proselytise for you beloved
Linux - which is off topic for the thread anyway.
Isn't the thread off topic to begin with?
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Nicolaas Hawkins
Isn't the thread off topic to begin with?
I would not have thought so - I do not believe that Microsoft is charging
people to download and try out the current versions of Vista. However, I
reserve the right to be mistaken.
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Morten Skarstad
Nicolaas Hawkins skrev:
Which is a time-limited beta of a commercial product. If anybody is
getting anything for free it is Microsoft getting free testing.
I would not have thought so - I do not believe that Microsoft is charging
people to download and try out the current versions of Vista.
Which is a time-limited beta of a commercial product. If anybody is
getting anything for free it is Microsoft getting free testing.
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Nicolaas Hawkins
Nicolaas Hawkins skrev:
Which is a time-limited beta of a commercial product. If anybody is
getting anything for free it is Microsoft getting free testing.
Isn't it disgusting - people give you something for nothing and have the
colossal temerity to expect something for nothing in return?
A
Al Klein
Isn't it disgusting - people give you something for nothing and have the
colossal temerity to expect something for nothing in return?
What they're giving you for nothing is the chance to beta test their
not-yet-ready software. IOW, the chance to render your computer
useless until you spend the time to put a working OS back on it.
N
Nicolaas Hawkins
What they're giving you for nothing is the chance to beta test their
not-yet-ready software. IOW, the chance to render your computer
useless until you spend the time to put a working OS back on it.
I wold have great difficulty arguing with that.