Some of you aren't getting the idea. I've read numerous comments of, the api changes day to day to day. What your not getting is, how many development shops change their app each time the win api's change? few to none. I can take my old copy of office that was intended for windows 95 and it will install on WinME and run just fine. All they have to do is clone the win api today. That would mean most of the windows apps written BEFORE TODAY would run on that OS TODAY. That in itself if a massive accomplishment. Wine is great, but for the new user just breaking the microsoft shackles would have a choice. Yes, that choice wouldn't be a *BSD or a Linux distro, but it would be something other than Microsoft. You know what? Once somebody does something once, and they like it. Their more willing to do it again. Granted this isn't an OpenSource effort, but it will benefit OpenSource in the end.
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Much as it would be nice, I dont' see how this can be determined. I can see both points of view. The RIAA is going "Hey, were losing money because this practice is eating up our funds", "How can we get a piece of this from the side?". Were going, "What the f*c*!, your taxing me just because?" Can this even be done legally in the united states? Is it legal for a non-government entity to collect tax dollars from sales in the US?I for one stopped purchasing music CD's about 2 years ago, granted, I download and listen to mp3's, but I don't burn CD's just because I don't care about CD audio anymore and I'm not an audiophile. I don't think their role as distributor is being phased out like other people do, I think that change is in the air and they were late in the game. stamped media is leaving the space and they were too late in the game to get the middle-man rol, Al Gore invented the internet before they could:)
The problem is they have billions of dollars at their fingertips to lobby governments across the world and it's not just the RIAA, everybody in that nitch is fighting togeather. What we ned to do is let our governments KNOW how the people feel about stuff like this.
I think perhaps your mistaken. MS's current license ran out in 7 years to use the basterdized VM they have. They chose NOT to become compliant, but the question you have to ask is why don't they want to become compliant? it's a simple enough answer
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Some of you aren't getting the idea. I've read numerous comments of, the api changes day to day to day. What your not getting is, how many development shops change their app each time the win api's change? few to none. I can take my old copy of office that was intended for windows 95 and it will install on WinME and run just fine. All they have to do is clone the win api today. That would mean most of the windows apps written BEFORE TODAY would run on that OS TODAY. That in itself if a massive accomplishment. Wine is great, but for the new user just breaking the microsoft shackles would have a choice. Yes, that choice wouldn't be a *BSD or a Linux distro, but it would be something other than Microsoft. You know what? Once somebody does something once, and they like it. Their more willing to do it again. Granted this isn't an OpenSource effort, but it will benefit OpenSource in the end.
Just my 1-cent
Much as it would be nice, I dont' see how this can be determined. I can see both points of view. The RIAA is going "Hey, were losing money because this practice is eating up our funds", "How can we get a piece of this from the side?". Were going, "What the f*c*!, your taxing me just because?" Can this even be done legally in the united states? Is it legal for a non-government entity to collect tax dollars from sales in the US?I for one stopped purchasing music CD's about 2 years ago, granted, I download and listen to mp3's, but I don't burn CD's just because I don't care about CD audio anymore and I'm not an audiophile. I don't think their role as distributor is being phased out like other people do, I think that change is in the air and they were late in the game. stamped media is leaving the space and they were too late in the game to get the middle-man rol, Al Gore invented the internet before they could :)
The problem is they have billions of dollars at their fingertips to lobby governments across the world and it's not just the RIAA, everybody in that nitch is fighting togeather. What we ned to do is let our governments KNOW how the people feel about stuff like this.
Does anybody know if their in the black yet? I couldn't find out the sales numbers on the site?
I think perhaps your mistaken. MS's current license ran out in 7 years to use the basterdized VM they have. They chose NOT to become compliant, but the question you have to ask is why don't they want to become compliant? it's a simple enough answer