OSNews > Thread > "Open Source it to the ones that paid for it" by jello

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 30th Jan 2009 20:58 UTC

SkyOS has always been criticised for the fact that you have to pay for it in order to beta test it. I personally never saw a problem with this construction, especially since the price included a full copy of SkyOS 5 (they dropped the five) once it was completed. However, as of late, it has become increasingly clear that there may never be anything like a final version - or another test release for that matter. Update: In the comments, Robert Szeleney explained the current SkyOS situation in more detail. For future readers who find this article via a search engine, I've attached Robert's comment to the actual story for completeness' sake. The reply can also be found on the SkyOS website.

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Open Source it to the ones that paid for it

by jello on Fri 30th Jan 2009 22:39 UTC

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Now Robert could go and stamp the current version as V5.0 and release it as final (as unfinished/buggy as it is) and no one would have reasons to complain.
(Windows has also tons of bugs when it's released...)

If Robert decides to open source this project...
why not give the code to the ones that supported this project with their money?
Don't know how many of these people would have the skills to do OS coding, but at least the community would not die because they have/had a special interest in the project and with this the OS would be kept alive.

my 2c

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