... when I see a working fork in the wild.
Like mysql mariadb.
When I see that ppl or companies can do that, I will believe it is open source.
Interesting times ahead:-)
...but hey, instead of saying 'we are doing this' or 'we are doing that', how about just doing it? I they are right, they go sell the product, if they are wrong, just forget about it...
I believe in facts, not in words. We all have heard them stating that 'Microsoft claims Vista is more secure than OS X and Linux...' or 'Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative in 2002...'
Cut the crap. Do it instead or saying that you are doing it.
The thing is that nowadays, Microsoft is a company that stands out for things other than innovation and the like...
Go do it and do it well
In the beginning, OLPC was all about cheap laptops running linux going to be given to kids.
At which point did someone invited m$ to join the project?
Nobody invited them to join forces. Never AFAIK.
But, all of a sudden, there they appeared, wanting to put free windows in the laptop. The OLPC was way more that an idea by then, it was shaking the media and pulling everyone's attention. And then m$ came to OLPC.
Given the m$ background, does anyone really believe that they came just to help the OLPC project?
I think that the very fact that they wanted to get in, and put a dual boot where always had only existed a linux boot proves that the whole point of this is to fight linux.
Ideallistic stuff apart, use your brains from a pragmatic point of view.
Microsoft's only will has been all the time help kids. Ha-ha-ha.
If they really wanted to help, they'd find proper ways to do so, apart from spoiling the other's stuff.
All of which imho.
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... when I see a working fork in the wild. Like mysql mariadb. When I see that ppl or companies can do that, I will believe it is open source. Interesting times ahead :-)
...but hey, instead of saying 'we are doing this' or 'we are doing that', how about just doing it? I they are right, they go sell the product, if they are wrong, just forget about it...
...' or 'Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative in 2002...'
I believe in facts, not in words. We all have heard them stating that 'Microsoft claims Vista is more secure than OS X and Linux
Cut the crap. Do it instead or saying that you are doing it. The thing is that nowadays, Microsoft is a company that stands out for things other than innovation and the like... Go do it and do it well
That's why when we first heard about the trolltech/nokia joining stuff I didn't like it at all.
In the beginning, OLPC was all about cheap laptops running linux going to be given to kids. At which point did someone invited m$ to join the project? Nobody invited them to join forces. Never AFAIK. But, all of a sudden, there they appeared, wanting to put free windows in the laptop. The OLPC was way more that an idea by then, it was shaking the media and pulling everyone's attention. And then m$ came to OLPC. Given the m$ background, does anyone really believe that they came just to help the OLPC project? I think that the very fact that they wanted to get in, and put a dual boot where always had only existed a linux boot proves that the whole point of this is to fight linux. Ideallistic stuff apart, use your brains from a pragmatic point of view. Microsoft's only will has been all the time help kids. Ha-ha-ha. If they really wanted to help, they'd find proper ways to do so, apart from spoiling the other's stuff. All of which imho.