Thanks David.
That is what I am trying to figure out myself. It was the rare courtesy I found here, which has kept me here this long.
That appears to be running out, now that it is discovered I don't blindly follow the dictates of leaders. It's an Australian obsession.
The answers I need to get go beyond the mere "Part Fabrication" or the "Componant Assembly". I've done my time in industry and retired, a slave no longer.
I need to know this: Will I actually be working for Microsoft? For nothing?
As I said from the outset, I'm here only because I see the writing on the wall for 9x.
My ISP has sent all of us a blunt eviction (by stealth) notice, otherwise, I like most other simple DOS users, am more than happy with what I have already. They also said their policy is conditioned by Microsoft. I don't really need NT. Is it something I have got to have?
However it seems that no reason at all need be given, by reactOS, why we must relocate to NT (irrespective of whether it is FAt or not). Its a strange attitude for a socalled free organisation.
So I guess by stalling for time I might elicite from the Ros-Users a credible answer. I'm definately not stalking or trolling.
I am carefull not to put a lot of energy into a "Code Farm", for the large corporations (to my knowledge M$ invented the practice, I've merely identified it).
I still wish you all Good Cheer and a rosuccess.
Thanks for the opportunity
Justin
---- David Hinz post.center@gmail.com wrote:
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On 10/27/05, jwalsh@bigpond.net.au jwalsh@bigpond.net.au wrote:
My ISP has sent all of us a blunt eviction (by stealth) notice, otherwise, I like most other simple DOS users, am more than happy with what I have already. They also said their policy is conditioned by Microsoft. I don't really need NT. Is it something I have got to have?
Justin, I have bad news for you. Big ISP's support popular platforms, and their support staff don't often stray too far from the rolled answers. If you tell them you are still on Win95, I expect you have a moderately good chance that someone at bigpond will know the answer. But ReactOS is not your salvation -- 99% of their support staff will wonder what drugs you are on if you ask for support and tell them that you are using ReactOS.
I know this personally because I have been unable to find an ISP that will openly support my mother running Fedora. In regional South-East Queensland where my mother lives, her options are limited to either a large ISP, or a tiny ISP, neither of which want to understand Linux at the tech-support level.
At the end of the day, if you choose to use unsupported software, you need to find your own support, either through mailing listings, or by purchasing it from someone else.
I am carefull not to put a lot of energy into a "Code Farm", for the large corporations (to my knowledge M$ invented the practice, I've merely identified it).
It sounds like you are asking ... `If I risk my neck for you, will I get a chance to kill Englishmen? ' (Braveheart) I suspect that the answer is `Fight for [ReactOS], and you get to kill English! `.
Besides that aside, there is always a very good chance that open source will benefit large corporations. For example, in the future, IBM might choose to roll out a ReactOS environment as a way of running Win32 services. But whenever open source is used in this way, it means big business can use their money to either funnel back into open source, or employ more R&D staff, or solve world peace. And as we have seen with IBM, when a big corporation uses open source to make money, the human nature within the company usually means that from top to bottom, the company has decided to be a responsible part of this interwoven world.
I hope you find a relaxing way to assist open source here in Oz during your retirement.
-- John
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