| From: | Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: "Free" Software (was: Euro question) |
| Date: | Fri, 1 May 1998 13:17:56 -0500 |
> On 1 May 98 at 11:34, Brett Borger wrote:
>
> > In addition, how many Mega's are going to seriously consider any new
> > system a threat until it proves that it can be one?
>
> That is the case today. Linux has been busy plugging along for
> several years, because MS never considered it a threat. Now Linux is
> getting enough attention to become one, and MS is finally taking
> notice.
>
> I think the OS war has become a moot point in the SR era for one
> reason: the crash of '29. Something that serious forced everyone to
> work together to get over it. I see programmers and engineers from
> all sides getting together to solve the problem. This integration of
> ideas developed into the UMS system used in the SR world that we
> know. The crash was a global crisis. In order to get the world back
> online, this new global, corporate and government partner developed
> OS was adopted by all, because of its support, security and
> ease of use. And it was free. I'm sure there were attempts to
> develop something else, but those attempts quickly died at the hands
> of this free OS that everyone was using. Why buy something, when what
> you can get for free works? This model grew in popularity until even
> the thought of paying for an OS or using something else became a
> silly concept.
>
> Of course, that's all IMHO.
>
I don't see this ever happening precisely like this. That many folks
working together. Nope. It would be whoever can get the best product
out first, to make the most cash, before somebody else does.
I'm still convinced FASA used the Crash, simply to regulate the level
of technology, and to make it so people like us, wouldn't argue (much)
about the "matrix" its protocols, OS, etc. :)
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