[ale] Vista vs Linux

[Scott Castaline]

Step wrote:
> I guess interpretation of my statement depends on whether you consider 
> many distros using the same kernel and/or similar packages to be "one 
> OS".  Either way, were it based on free and open standards I find it 
> hard to believe one OS could ever own 90% marketshare - that is really 
> only possible in the computer world through unethical and proprietary 
> means (ahem *microsoft*), since one size most definitely does NOT fit all. 
> 
> I won't argue the Microsoft / Apple / Sun points - I doubt this is even 
> the correct place for that discussion.  :)  Plus I have very little 
> relevant knowledge compared to most everyone on this list.  :D
> 
> On 3/27/07, *James P. Kinney III* <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com 
> <mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On Tue, 2007-03-27 at 12:08 -0400, Step wrote:
>      > Windows apparently really dropped the ball with Vista.  Here's hoping
>      > that everyone and their mother takes this opportunity and runs
>     with it
>      > - there's no way one OS should have 90+% marketshare in today's
>      > world.
>     Unless it's based on free and open standards. That leaves out Microsoft
>     and Apple.
> 
>     And Sun.
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I thought I had seen somewhere that Vista was being pulled in Europe, 
something about someone had reversed engineered it and found about 30% 
of the source to have been pirated. The original comments were still in 
the source. If true I find it befitting a software company getting 
caught at exactly what it claims to be trying to prevent,,,,,,,,,,,,