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| nikkels Jan 27, 2009 3:45 AM EDT |
:-) |
| tracyanne Jan 27, 2009 4:30 AM EDT |
IE would still have to be installed by default, as the Windows updater doesn't work without IE, ActiveX is required. |
| colesen Jan 27, 2009 5:25 AM EDT |
Computing is no longer a curiosity but a necessity without which society cannot function similar to roads,water,electricity,hospitals,etc. A monopoly providing necessities is not a good constellation. Apple is for entusiasts. Linux is not quite there yet (but there's hope and even more so with the upcoming LGPL of Qt). So instead of all the nitpicking why does the EU not establish a project among all its other projects (CERN LHC,Galileo GPS,Airbus) to create a MS alternative that when up can be turned over to private enterprise for the desired effect of competition. All it takes is some kickstart money. Similar to what brought AMD to Dresden. |
| r_a_trip Jan 27, 2009 10:32 AM EDT |
So instead of all the nitpicking why does the EU not establish a project among all its other projects (CERN LHC,Galileo GPS,Airbus) to create a MS alternative that when up can be turned over to private enterprise for the desired effect of competition. What would it establish? It would bring yet another OS among the many already struggling under the yoke of MS. GNU/Linux and the BSD's are already alternatives to Win32/64. The problem is not the lack of a competent OS. We have several, all striving to be POSIX compliant. The problem is inertia and the huge installed base of Win32 software and documents in MS formats. If the world would switch wholesale to e.g. GNU/Linux, it would mean scrapping billions of dollars worth of win32 software and losing the ability of opening MS format documents without conversion problems. No, we don't need a new EUR-OS. We need a European Union with the courage to mandate truly open standards, like POSIX, ODF, NFS, LDAP, Kerberos or the W3C recommendations. MS needs to be cut off from their lethal tools Extend and Extinguish. There is nothing wrong with Embrace, if it stays at that. Imagine a world where MS only gets somewhere when they are interoperable to everybody else. Imagine a world where the POSIX subsystem in Windows NT is more than a tick mark on US government procurement lists. Imagine a world where MS Office follows the OASIS ODF standards and MS works on the technical commitee to push ODF forward. Well, one can dream... |
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