Well, that's a pretty extreme and bombastic headline
Sounds like someone has a case of the muuuuundays
Rewritten accurately: "Microsoft opens some source, sources say. Skeptics say 'so what?'" To me this is a major moment in tech history, regardless of whether this move actually provides value. In their defense, I have complete confidence that we can expect the following:
- A targeted reduction in stability
- A much needed performance vacation
- Across the board exception gains
- Unparalleled protection against usability, scalability, managability and support
- A Sasquatchian RAM footprint
Did I mention headaches, nausea and confusion? But winding the clock back to the 90's, it did require the US government and our legal system to pry their code open - only to have Monoposoft release a new version of Windows and render the opened code useless. Times are changing.
Open source, cloud computing and a bad economy have created a perfect storm that may actually bring Microsoft and others into alignment with the value they create. The earliest versions of Windows were double-plus terrible. However, the cost difference between a PC running Windows and a Mac made it the OS of the people. Apple might just be the last major player to unclench their white-knuckled grip on source and predatory pricing.
Irony: 1. Oracle purchasing its way into the free software game
Now you watch: Linux will run, but in some kind of crippled fashion so that everyone that will now, for the first time perhaps, get a chance to see Linux run and have a simply horrible time
Wow man, I'm still laughing. Darwin will take care of those who actually use the shit and imagine stability is nearby. I think you're totally right on this one. Imprisoning Linux in a fat dirty diaper is just mean.
kind of like Office for the Mac - rife with bugs, doesn't play well with others, bombs and tries to dominate things. A real iBully.
Did you say iBully or iTunes
Sorry man, Apple = Microsoft in this arena.
