Some thoughts for the future

[Jim Cornette]

. m a r c o s a u g u s t o wrote:

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>Linux always seeked to be better (AND IT IS for a long time !)
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>Now is time to read ACCESSBILiTY and USER FRIENDLY books!! : )
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>Look this nice brazilian project, I got enthusiasmed... but, don't
>tested it yet,
>it claims to run linux (based of fedora) and with a windows interface
>that can run everything..
>no wine needed..
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>www.freedows.com
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>If microsoft can get the better of linux.. now is linux time (after
>all, the only thing that windows have is the community [ lot of
>programs  ] )
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It is great that Fedora is a base for an OS that brazilians can use to 
base an OS which can run many programs. The website translated well into 
English via mozilla features. It does however look similar to 
www.lindows.com which was based on Debian.

WordPerfect from Canada was developing an OS that could run either Linux 
or Windows programs years back. I thought that would have taken off and 
was looking forward to its deployment. It seems possible to make a full 
featured OS which incorporates programs compiled on different platforms, 
without complying to standards set out regarding certain compilers or 
runtime translators, we will always have incompatible platforms. Greedy 
companies that intentionally change protocols, sabatoge companies such 
as Netscape and WordPerfect are probably not good models to use for 
complete cross-platform integrations.
Linux does not seem to be held by standards as much as other OSes, this 
is good for progress. Compare the US television standard which held 
television to a 1930s standard. I am not really interested in a platform 
that is 100 percent capable of running any desired program. I see more 
efficient compilers and more efficient source code to be desirable. I 
see less efficient source code becoming halted with compilers that only 
allow successful compilation to set standards.
Of course, this more stringent standard makes large projects like KDE 
and xorg-x11 subject to a lot of needed code cleanup. I'm sure that this 
will take a long time to complete. Until the code can be cleaned up in 
its massive size, breakage will be seen.
For other platforms, I see projects like openoffice.org to be the best 
solution. It makes it easier to wean yourself off of applications that 
are mainstream.
I can only guess which way we will head with Linux. It is tough to give 
people all programs desired with laws that threaten lawsuits against 
companies or individuals for using a program. You need to draw the line 
somewhere. Linux isn't hampered much by creativity. Programs are out 
there, but due to laws, it is shied away from.

Some good points, but cursing usually dstracts others from the attention 
line.

Jim

>Sorry.. just wanted to share my feelings   : )
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