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Hi all,=20
I just saw some threads about kde on windows.=20
http://ask.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3D132786&threshold=3D1&mode=3Dnes=
ted&commentsort=3D0&op=3DChange
http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2004/12/how-to-kill-open-source-on-desktop.htm=
l - A very long and nice thread about the pro's and con's. I personally =
like the following statements:=20
an anonymous writer=20
...=20
b) Trying to insist users only use KDE on Linux/FreeBSD is turning a =
deaf ear to what users want, and we know how well that strategy has =
worked for Microsoft so far. If people want KDE on Windows, but they =
can't get KDE on Windows, they'll go back to using native Windows, and =
KDE will either end up only being used by Linux users, or it will become =
irrelevant.=20
...=20
Andreas Traw=F6ger said...=20
....
And now please tell me how would your Open Source Migration Strategy =
look like?
A simple switch from IE to Firefox is complicated enough, because every =
Ecommerce Site we use would have to be tested. Migrating to OpenOffice =
would be another major undertaking. Replacing Lotus Notes with something =
else isn't simple too. Testing all our old 16 Bit Win 3.11 Application =
with Wine also need it's time.
Everything of this could be done, no doubt about that. But do you really =
think it's going to help OpenSource on the Desktop if you have to do =
every of this steps at once instead of doing one step after the other?
Rube said
...=20
Open Source on Windows is a necessary step in levelling the playing =
field. Once people are used to seeing applications other than those from =
Microsoft, they just may take a look at a Lindows computer and say, =
"What? It runs Firefox? And OpenOffice? And Maya? And Doom 3? I'll take =
it!"=20
=20
Otto d.O. said...=20
> And the key here is the resources that are expended by open
> source projects in porting to and supporting windows.
I beg to differ. I don't think Windows ports are made by Linux =
developers who desert their favourite OS because they want to help MS. =
They are made by developers who want to or have to work on Windows. For =
that reason, I think that Windows ports add resources to those projects; =
they don't take away resources from
free operating systems.
Happy reading=20
Ralf
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Hi all,
I just saw some threads about kde on =
windows.=20
http://ask.slash=
dot.org/comments.pl?sid=3D132786&threshold=3D1&mode=3Dnested&=
commentsort=3D0&op=3DChange
http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2004/12/how-to-kill-open-source-on-=
desktop.html - A very long and nice thread about the =
pro's and con's.=20
I personally like the following statements:
an anonymous writer
...
b) Trying to=20
insist users only use KDE on Linux/FreeBSD is turning a deaf ear to what =
users=20
want, and we know how well that strategy has worked for Microsoft so =
far. If=20
people want KDE on Windows, but they can't get KDE on Windows, they'll =
go back=20
to using native Windows, and KDE will either end up only being used by =
Linux=20
users, or it will become irrelevant.
...
Andreas Traw=F6ger said...=20
....
And now=20
please tell me how would your Open Source Migration Strategy look=20
like?
A simple switch=20
from IE to Firefox is complicated enough, because every Ecommerce Site =
we use=20
would have to be tested. Migrating to OpenOffice would be another major=20
undertaking. Replacing Lotus Notes with something else isn't simple too. =
Testing=20
all our old 16 Bit Win 3.11 Application with Wine also need it's=20
time.
Everything of this could be done, no doubt about that. But =
do you=20
really think it's going to help OpenSource on the Desktop if you have to =
do=20
every of this steps at once instead of doing one step after the=20
other?
...
Open Source on Windows is a necessary step in levelling =
the playing=20
field. Once people are used to seeing applications other than those from =
Microsoft, they just may take a look at a Lindows computer and say, =
"What? It=20
runs Firefox? And OpenOffice? And Maya? And Doom 3? I'll take it!"=20
Happy reading
Ralf
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