Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Wed Mar 5 10:57:57 CST 2014
Hi Martin: For that, I would agree with you...I mean about Microsoft. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Reid" <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, 5 March, 2014 8:51:31 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8 Hi Jim Almost quitting time here (<: But he isn't and I doubt they will go open source. Its Microsoft!!! Martin -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: 05 March 2014 16:48 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8 Good morning Martin: Just wanted to see if you were there...but if Linus Torvalds was the head of Microsoft the most logical step would be to make the product OSS...especially if it is being given away, anyway. For security reasons of course and to guarantee better coding...nothing keeps the code guys on their toes when everyone in the world can get to criticize and add improvements to the code base. ;-) Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Reid" <mwp.reid at qub.ac.uk> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, 5 March, 2014 3:05:05 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8 I didn't see anything that said it was going to be Open Source? Did I miss something? Martin -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: 05 March 2014 11:02 To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8 Hi Hans: Question: What are you doing up at this time of night? (I have an excuse; I'm retired and was just installing the latest version of Ubuntu. ;-) http://itsfoss.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Ubuntu_1404_wallpaper.jpeg Just think of the OSS Windows 8-9 as just another distro whose UI could be rebuilt or re-installed at whim. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans-Christian Andersen" <hans.andersen at phulse.com> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 2:18:48 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows 8 Ironically, that might not be a bad idea for Microsoft. Unfortunately, though, Windows' biggest issues are not the underlying OS (the kernel). It is the user interface and the product development that is the issue. - Hans > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:12 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > > Windows 9 will be an Open Source project. > > http://itsfoss.com/linus-torvalds-to-join-microsoft > > ;-) > > Jim > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com