In common with a lot of people who used to use RISCOS, I don't use it now and that is the focus of this article: Why don't I use it any more and what would it take to make me use it again? Of course, an article of this sort still has worth as there is bound to be some degree of correlation between my feelings, experiences and hopes in relation to the platform and those other people.
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Member since:2006-04-21
The open source OpenOffice and Firefox packages (which are also available for Windows) don't have kernels, let alone ones you have to compile.
And you don't have to compile the kernel on most distros anyway.
It's FUD like that which prevents Linux users taking Windows users seriously.
The sad part is that although my memory may be faulty on the point, I seem to remember that tomcat wasn't always so full of anti-FOSS/Linux crap.
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Member since:2006-01-06
The irony is that I use Linux and OS X on a daily basis. But I'm a little tired of the constant mud-slinging by OSS fanatics (such as yourself) against anything which offends their ideological sensibilities (ie. Anything But Microsoft (ABM), anti-DRM, anti-patents, anti-trademarks, anti-hygiene, anti-cool, etc) -- so I'm merely providing another missing voice from the discussion. Don't like it? Too bad.
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Yeah, open source would be great. My grandmother can't wait to compile the latest kernel...