5 Dec
2005
5 Dec
'05
9:14 p.m.
Well, Dell is very mighty and they don't always agree with Microsofts
opinions, so I would say it depends on the situation.
And for OS/2, this would be a big help for the OS/2 subsystem, but I
think they can't do it, as OS/2 includes some MS-code, and I don't know
who owns which rights. But who knows, hope dies last...
Greets,
David Hinz
TwoTailedFox schrieb:
Dell I can't see as being agreeable loading a
direct Windows
Replacement, when most of their computers are shipped with Windows.
They'd see a sizeable portion of their income dropped, if Microsoft
decided to pull out of it.
IBM is currently being lobbied to make OS/2 Open-Source.. maybe WINE
and ReactOS should chip in to that petition?
On 12/5/05, David Hinz <post.center(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> I think we might have good chances that IBM will help us, especially
> with the OS/2 subsystem. And if they still had their PC-branch, I would
> guarantee they would help us, just to show MS that nobody depends on
> them, but unfortunately they don't have it anymore...
> Anyway, I think IBM, Intel and maybe companys like Dell should be worth
> a try.
>
> Greets,
>
> David Hinz
>
> Magnus Olsen schrieb:
>> Nivida will not agree on GPL licen for there drv
>> linux people have try getting GPL drv from nivida and the answers have
>> always be no.