Ok to add more idiotic ideas to debate about Linux/MS and interoperability and so on why not add this one?
http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2620&blogid= 14 EU Wants to Re-define b Closedb as b Nearly Openb '.........While there is a correlation between openness and interoperability, it is also true that interoperability can be obtained without openness, for example via homogeneity of the ICT systems, which implies that all partners use, or agree to use, the same solution to implement a European Public Service..........' On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Egon E. Braun Filho <egonbr...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 13:46:26 +1100 > Aaron Mason <simplersolut...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Wine is a good idea, but it's stifling an even better idea - making >> applications compatible across multiple OSes, something that hasn't >> needed to be done in the M$ world because of the stranglehold they >> had/have over the consumer market. >> > > Microsoft will not follow free standanrds, Linux will follow > Microsoft/IBM/Intel/W3C/bullshit_human_slaving_private standards. > > And I believe that is not portability in no way. That is just > assassinating legacy and freedom. > >> Let's put this into perspective: Linux would absolutely jump in >> popularity if Valve ported Steam and the Source engine to it, meaning >> games like the Half Life series, Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 could >> run natively - not to mention that it would prompt other games that >> sell their wares through the Steam CDS to port their games as well - >> but since most of the games run just fine in Wine these days, there's >> no incentive. > > This will happen. We just have to wait for Linus/Redhat/Suse/etc to sign > more NDAs. > > Look after your kids. > > -- > Egon E. Braun Filho <egonbr...@gmail.com> > > -- http://www.openbsd.org/lyrics.html
