Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> ____/ Mark Kent on Tuesday 11 September 2007 07:30 : \____
>
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> ____/ Mark Kent on Monday 10 September 2007 16:50 : \____
>>>
>>>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>>>> RISC OS-on-Linux project prepares live CD
>>>>>
>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>| An ambitious initiative to eventually run RISC OS desktop software on
>>>>>| Linux-powered PCs took a step closer to reality this month.
>>>>> `----
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact2058.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Many roads intersect at Linux. Syllable OS took a similar route recently
>>>>> (see the links at the very bottom).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I think that, in the end, free software will be at the top of all of
>>>> these trees. I sincerely hope that the freedos project keeps moving, as
>>>> it would be a shame not to be able to natively run free software on very
>>>> low-spec older x86 hardware, too.
>>>>
>>>> Still, roll-on the acorn desktop onto linux :-)
>>>
>>> RISC OS is no longer a proprietary layer (can't recall how their shared
>>> source
>>> licence worked, but I think they looked the GPL), so there's room for
>>> reuse. Mix and match for best fits...
>>>
>>
>> Unfortunately, they came to this party about a decade too late. Had
>> they done this a few years ago, then RiscOS and ARM might've been the
>> main competition for Wintel, rather than Lintel, on the admittedly
>> decreasingly important desktop space.
>
> Well, what about Sun? Linux would barely grow if Sun aligned with the Linux
> development model. Jonathan expressed his regrets too.
>
None of them wanted to give up their lock-in model. Unfortunately,
locking in your customers is no longer sustainable, due mainly to the
GPL.
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