From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262777AbTJaBEx (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:04:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262792AbTJaBEx (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:04:53 -0500 Received: from smtp2.cwidc.net ([154.33.63.112]:5361 "EHLO smtp2.cwidc.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262777AbTJaBEv (ORCPT ); Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:04:51 -0500 Message-ID: <3FA1B522.8060306@tequila.co.jp> Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2003 10:04:34 +0900 From: Clemens Schwaighofer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en, ja MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Things that Longhorn seems to be doing right References: <3F9F7F66.9060008@namesys.com> <20031029224230.GA32463@codepoet.org> <3FA0475E.2070907@namesys.com> <1067466349.3077.274.camel@mentor.gurulabs.com> <20031030002005.GC3094@digitasaru.net> <16288.24913.844699.956689@notabene.cse.unsw.edu.au> <20031030013418.GD3094@digitasaru.net> <20031030212812.GA698@ncsu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20031030212812.GA698@ncsu.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.76.7.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jlnance@unity.ncsu.edu wrote: > Unfortunatly, we probably dont really have a choice. MS has enough market > share that we must emulate not only their good, but even their bad ideas > if we want Linux to be used by people other than those who develop it. *wrong* we do have a choice. why do _we_ use linux. why do _I_ use Linux. Yes, because it gives me things and possibilites I don't have with M$. Like the possibility to choose. if we copy everything M$ does. we don't need to develop Linux further. plus, most of these windows cool things are definitly not a part of the kernel anyway. eg this WinFS. 100% a user space thing with a DB. - -- Clemens Schwaighofer - IT Engineer & System Administration ========================================================== Tequila Japan, 6-17-2 Ginza Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8167, JAPAN Tel: +81-(0)3-3545-7703 Fax: +81-(0)3-3545-7343 http://www.tequila.jp ========================================================== -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/obUijBz/yQjBxz8RAmHhAKDHnfnCFfpOuwtElbYMueERLkrMSwCg2a7D GlI2KYq8CL3pZnaZnJn9iuY= =OaXf -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----