Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Wed Feb 5 18:27:49 CST 2014
That's why I gave up programming for music. The skills I've accumulated over a lifetime are still relevant. Two, five, ten years from now those skills will still be good. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 4:07 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP replacement? How does one write an OS? I feel so old and so out of the loop. Perhaps I should just hang up my spurs and give it all up. Time was, I deemed myself talented. Those times are long gone. O well. Arthur the Ancient On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:26 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen < hans.andersen at phulse.com> wrote: > There is ReactOS, but I haven't personally used it, so I can't say > more than that: > > ReactOSR is a free open source operating system based on the best > design principles found in the Windows NTR architecture (Windows > versions such as Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 are built > on Windows NT architecture). Written completely from scratch, ReactOS > is not a Linux based system, and shares none of theUNIX architecture. > > The main goal of the ReactOSR project is to provide an operating > system which is binary compatible with Windows. This will allow your > WindowsR applications and drivers to run as they would on your Windows system. > Additionally, the look and feel of the Windows operating system is > used, such that people accustomed to the familiar user interface of > WindowsR would find using ReactOS straightforward. The ultimate goal > of ReactOSR is to allow you to use it as alternative to WindowsR > without the need to change software you are used to. > > ReactOS 0.3.15 is still in alpha stage, meaning it is not > feature-complete and isrecommended only for evaluation and testing purposes. > > > > - Hans > > > > On Feb 5, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > Hi Peter: > > > > In reality, I tend to agree with you. My personal route is to go > > Linux, > Ubuntu Linux for that matter but there are many other distros that are > just as easy to install and maintain...I would go so far as to say > these products are easier to install and maintain than Windows...but > being over > 35 years in the business hardly makes me a user like "Joe Public" and > so my normal is slightly skewed. > > > > The Linux route is terrifying for many, who have lived and learned > > the > Windows ways for over twenty years...to get a user to leave the world > they have grown up in is almost impossible. OTOH, I am becoming more > comfortable using Linux every day...I like fast internet, browsing, a > decent Windows like GUI, Excel, Word, Power-point, all fully > compatible...my versions are just named Libra Calc, Writer and > Impress...and these products are hardly bleeding edge and are 100 > percent compatible. > > > > Jim > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Brawley" <peter.brawley at earthlink.net> > > To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" < > dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 5, 2014 10:32:43 AM > > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] XP replacement? > > > >> On 2014-02-05 10:54 AM, Jim Lawrence wrote: > >> Hi All: > >> > >> ASUS is selling, what it calls the XP replacement. Is the world > >> ready > for Android (Linux) to replace Window? > >> > >> > http://www.techrepublic.com/article/xp-replacement-179-asus-chromebox- > is-most-powerful-chrome-device-to-date/#ftag=RSS56d97e7 > > > > If you're willing to pay usage fees for the rest of your life to the > > server farm that implements your "cloud", sure, but most XP users, I > > think, have a different set of requirements---fast networking > > browsing & email and a decent Windows-like GUI with > > Excel2000-fully-compatible spreadsheet, > > PowerPoint2000-fully-compatible presentation software, and > > Word2000-fully-compatible word processing. Thats the 31% or so of > > current Windows users who still run XP, ie many millions who feel no > > compulsion to be near the bleeding edge but are just trying to get > > their 'puter work done with minimum fuss----a huge market for an > > open source implementation of "Windows". What seems 'rilly odd to me is that no *Nix OS vendor has yet produced what these people need. > > > > PB > > > > ----- > > > >> > >> Jim > >> _______________________________________________ > >> dba-Tech mailing list > >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > > dba-Tech mailing list > > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com