Re: [ros-dev] My attitude

[Kai Moonbourn]

"Does the same thing but isn't from Microsoft" seems to be a pretty
effective pitch these days....

On 12/5/05, Andrew Silver Blade Greenwood [e-mail] wrote:
> Then we must ensure that our brand name is more valuable.
>
> TwoTailedFox wrote:
> > The Brand Name they're buying is worth the fee
> >
> > On 12/5/05, Richard Campbell [e-mail] wrote:
> > > I'll disagree with this, Dell pays money for copies of the Windows
> > > Operating System, if a free, open source compatible clone were to come
> > > along, i think they'd jump on it in a heartbeat.
> > >
> > > TwoTailedFox wrote:
> > > > 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 [e-mail] 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "TwoTailedFox" [e-mail]
> > > > > > To: "ReactOS Development List" [e-mail]
> > > > > > Sent: den 5 December 2005 21:18
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [ros-dev] My attitude
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >I can see IBM supporting us, since their last Good OS, OS/2, is now
> > > > > > >efectively dead. I don't see some companies like Sun, or Novell,
> > > > > > >supporting us, since they already have a vested interest in an
> > > > > > >Operating System
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >What I'd really like to see are Hardware Manufacturers getting
>
> behind
> > > > > > >us. Realtek, nVIDIA, ATi, Intel, AMD, VIA, etc, could all be
> > > > > > >approached, and ask for collaboration on writing GPL Drivers
>
> (Although
> > > > > > >nVIDIA is notoriously skeptical about open-source)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >On 12/5/05, David Hinz [e-mail] wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >>Maybe we could get a big company as a sponsor?
> > > > > > >>I think, if we wrote to some companys like maybe IBM or so, we
>
> might
> > > > > > >>find some good sponsors, who could maybe even provide us some full
>
> time
> > > > > > >>coders. And this could really increase development speed.
> > > > > > >>But maybe they just want to help us out with some software or who
>
> knows
> > > > > > >>what. We just have to ask and we will get an answer.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>Greets,
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>David Hinz
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>Casper Hornstrup schrieb:
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>>>OTOH, I think there needs to be better project management and a
> > > > > > >>>>cooperation mentality, something akin to a real start-up software
> > > > > > >>>>company. I have this dream where everyone is using Visual Studio
>
> Team
> > > > > > >>>>System and writing patches for bug reports, using peer-review,
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > managing
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >>>>meetings, doing nightly test builds, filling out test cases....
>
> but
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > I'm
> > > > > >
> > > > > > >>>>sure that would put many people off. (even though it would cut
> > > > > > >>>>development time by a year at least)
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>Best regards,
> > > > > > >>>>Alex Ionescu
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>Can you get Microsoft to donate licenses for VSTS to all ReactOS
> > > > > > >>>developers? ;-)
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>Casper
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>
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> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >--
> > > > > > >"I had a handle on life, but then it broke"
> > > > > > >
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