[luau] Oregon at the whims of the corporate Big Brother...

2003-05-05 Thread Michael_Bishop/FARRINCS/HIDOE
This makes me utterly sick that the suits can come in and shut something down because it will affect the bottom line for their company. ...but no matter... That company is obviously short sighted. A smart company would embrace and change with this new era of computing. Finding ways to profit

Re: [luau] Oregon at the whims of the corporate Big Brother...

2003-05-05 Thread Eric Jeschke
| Ouch I just had a nasty thought, what if Microsoft made their own | Linux distro? Now I got to go wash my mouth out with soap. But can you | see how a smart company would benefit from seeing the change and | acting on it to survive? I really think they will come out with a MS Linux (have

Re: [luau] Oregon at the whims of the corporate Big Brother...

2003-05-05 Thread Dustin Cross
Aloha, I don't see MS making a Linux distro, but they could very well come out with a BSD based OS. That way they can have as much proprietary stuff as they want. Dusty I really think they will come out with a MS Linux (have thought this for years). They will have to eventually, just like

Re: [luau] Oregon at the whims of the corporate Big Brother...

2003-05-05 Thread Virgil
Well there is something within Microsoft called the shared source initiative. This would allow developers to look into the Windows source code and possibly tweak the code to their liking. Of course, Microsoft will still regulate the process. I don't think Microsoft will ever make a Linux distros.

Re: [luau] Oregon at the whims of the corporate Big Brother...

2003-05-05 Thread Ho'ala Greevy
well, the fluke is already out! http://www.mslinux.org/ -ho'ala Eric Jeschke said: I really think they will come out with a MS Linux (have thought this for years). They will have to eventually, just like they finally had to adopt the internet and TCP/IP when they saw the inevitable. They

Re: [luau] Oregon at the whims of the corporate Big Brother...

2003-05-05 Thread Matt Darnell
well, the fluke is already out! http://www.mslinux.org/ -ho'ala I had to read a few paragraphs before I saw it was a paridy. That is funny! I love the guilt. -M