[lugm.org] Linux on the desktop got a long way to go

[Jochen Kirstätter]

Dear selven,

On 06/10/11 20:35, selven wrote:
> As for X being primitive, that it might, but :) windows environment 
> mixes the graphical user interface with the core system itself. While 
> with unix like system, our X is just :p an option.

It seems that your knowledge about Windows operating systems, at least 
Server, is outdated. Since Windows Server 2008 it is possible to run 
headless system, read: without UI layer.

> .Talking about which, i heard that some windows people have started 
> talking like overexcited school kids on the mention of the powershell 
> .. weirdly these people were against 'a command line interface' back 
> when one would have said "our leenix machine pwnz your stoopid limited 
> gui windows world for we've got unlimited ways to do things in a 
> command environment.".

This covers only one part of the Windows users. The request for 
headless, shell-like (remote) management and handling of Windows Server, 
especially in hosting or SQL Server environments, is quite old and 
(finally) has been realized by MS.

Talking about PowerShell, I blogged my opinion on this back in April 2006:

http://jochen.kirstaetter.name/blog/general/posh-windows-powershell.html

Or translated by Google:
http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fjochen.kirstaetter.name%2Fblog%2Fgeneral%2Fposh-windows-powershell.html&act=url

> :) so yes :p whatever is being done microsoft will copy whatever 
> innovation people with good faith creates and then make money out of it.

This is how business runs. Software patents suck, too.

Anyway, Linux "copied"/integrated X Windows System from the existing 
Unix derivatives at that time. So, IMHO it's not about to blame who 
copied who or what, but to see the progress in terms of improvement. I 
know, that there is an endless number of purists out in this world but 
competition fuels development...

And I totally agree with you that quite some ethics of MSFT are pretty 
low. And "innovation" is for sure not an attribute related to MSFT but 
other companies or startups then being bought by MSFT.

-- 
Kind regards.

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