Comment Feed for Windows 8 (Coffeehouse on Channel 9)

Re: Re: Re: Windows 8

Bass — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 01:59:41 GMT

It's interesting to me. :)

Re: Re: Windows 8

Bent Rasmussen — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:54:31 GMT

To be honest, open-source or not is not so interesting here, it's more about infrastructure, architechture, features.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows 8

Bass — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 00:10:08 GMT

Maybe, but I am talking about open source by the open source definition which indeed grants you the right to modify the source code. I clarified my first post.

Re: Re: Re: Windows 8

AndyC — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:42:55 GMT

Yeah, but let's face it, nobody still buys 32-bit servers, whereas 32-bit desktops are prominent.

Re: Re: Windows 8

Joe Chung — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 21:14:52 GMT

They've already started. Windows Server 2008 R2 (which also shipped yesterday, surprised that nobody mentioned it) is a 64-bit only installation, I believe.

Re: Re: Re: Re: Windows 8

Dorian Muthig — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 18:05:34 GMT

Open source are two words, the definition is meaningless if the words already describe the matter more clearly than the 'definition'. An open source might not be protected in a way that would prevent modification or distribution of such, but it nowhere grants you any rights to do so.

'Open Source™' != 'open source'; //(quite ovious) :)

Re: Windows 8

SlackmasterK — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:33:07 GMT

nonono, Windows 7 is just the "Next" thing. The "Next next" thing will be Windows 7 SP1 and Vista SP3, followed by Singularity.

Re: Re: Re: Windows 8

Bass — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 16:37:22 GMT

Open source by the open source definition. And yes I'd like to look at the code and maybe modify it.

Re: Windows 8

Garry Punter — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:24:27 GMT

Well I would like to think the next version of windows will be the big move to 64 Bit... of course that means a push for 64 bit drivers and software... so many by then most manufacturers would have stepped up!

I am saying this because PC manufactures like dell are making more and more 4GB of Ram PC's more cheaper.

Re: Windows 8

Christian Liensberger — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:29:39 GMT

Oh c'mon... I haven't even really started beta testing and you are already on the next Windows. :P

Re: Re: Windows 8

Dorian Muthig — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:25:26 GMT

That open source you refer to doesn't mean free, nor grants you any rights to the code or editing it. Open source software just means you can look at the code. A lot of people confuse that, so I'm not really sure where there's the big advantage. The performance improvements you could make to applications b knowing how the OS handles it when it's running isn't much of a deal anymore with nowadays computer systems and noone would really notice, except on a 486/586 (really slow, so to say) based system.

Re: Windows 8

Bass — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:19:36 GMT

- Fully open source (under an OSI approved license)

You asked for "wishful thinking" :)