Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 4th Sep 2006 20:58 UTC
RISC OS cannot be saved by simply open sourcing it, said RISCOS Ltd boss Paul Middleton. He added that Castle's wish to open source RISC OS "would have no effect on RISCOS Ltd's products". Paul told subscribers over the weekend: "Making RISC OS open source, or free as some people want, is not the panacea for suddenly taking RISC OS forward. No operating system can be developed solely for free."
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RE[4]: Open Soure Can't Build Interest
by twenex on Tue 5th Sep 2006 13:11
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As for ease of use, I can imagine plenty people whining about not having a start menu and the menus not being at the top of the application window. Personally, I wish KDE menus had an option to work like RISC OS menus.
True, but then again, for me, I went through the New Zealand schooling system which was wall to wall Acorn, Amiga and Apple