FSF petition to open source Windows 7

[Celebrate Nite]

Open source XP.

That kinda already exists. You can always try something called XP Service Pack 4 if you really like Windows XP (which i don't blame you, I thought it was great too)

Info here and here

 

[whatever I feel like]

That kinda already exists. You can always try something called XP Service Pack 4 if you really like Windows XP (which i don't blame you, I thought it was great too)

Info here and here

Sadly, I "need" modern Direct X compatibility

 

[irishAzoth]

Linux Mint is 100% free and open source. The core Linux kernel is robust enough to run on fucking SUPERCOMPUTERS FFS, not to mention 9 out of 10 servers on the entire fucking internet. Simply download and install Linux, bingo problem solved. If there are people who are autistic enough to want Windows to be free, they can share cracked versions on warez locker sites and leave normal people to Linux. Fuck, NTOSKRNL underlying code is what, 27 years old or so now, and hasn't really been updated much? NTOSKRNL is basically a mash of addon code that has been tacked on over the years because it would be literally impossible to code a new kernel. At least Linux has a real developer core. Don't be a fucking exceptional individual, just use Linux.

There is no helping these retards my friend let them rot in the blue abyss

 

[Joe Swanson]

This is the most retarded thing I've ever heard, making Windows 7 open source would make it even easier to create malware for NT based Windows then it already is

 

[He Who Points And Laughs]

This is the most exceptional thing I've ever heard, making Windows 7 open source would make it incredibly easy to create malware for NT based Windows

NT Source code was already leaked, and creating malware for Windows is something the NSA excels at already.

 

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creating malware for Windows is something the NSA excels at already.

Admittedly, likely something Microsoft is unphased about until it gets out.

 

[AmpleApricots]

Yes, "Operating-system-as-a-service"-Microsoft will totally open source Windows 7 and create willingly and knowingly a serious competitor in the one market they really dominate, especially after they tried to get everyone onto Win10 to make that whole "OS with yearly subscription model" thing that'll 100% come in the coming years that much more unavoidable. What have these people been huffing.

 

[The Mat Harris]

That reminds me due to a lot of effort you could use windows 2000 till this day.
There is this japanese autist that still makes updates http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1299806.html
Also this guide http://danika.jukor.net/win2000.html
I don't know how much of this is based on that leaked source code for 2000

 

[TheRedChair]

That reminds me due to a lot of effort you could use windows 2000 till this day.
There is this japanese autist that still makes updates http://blog.livedoor.jp/blackwingcat/archives/1299806.html
Also this guide http://danika.jukor.net/win2000.html
I don't know how much of this is based on that leaked source code for 2000

Win 2K was a incredibly solid OS. 12 years and no hard crashes. Then I went to W7 in 2012, then a modified version of Win 10 (Team OS) in 2017. I still have Win 7 running as my one of my back ups and man I miss it.

 

[???]

Apparently the kernel devs think that it's based on leaked code though due to symbol parity.

ReactOS 'a ripoff of the Windows Research Kernel', claims Microsoft kernel engineer

Opines that there's 'absolutely no way on Earth this was written from a clean sheet'

www.theregister.co.uk

He's full of shit. This is a ploy to keep ReactOS devs reacting to MS complaints by constantly auditing their codebase and maybe redoing shit, instead of developing and getting closer to Windows. If he really thought that, a MS lawyer would sue them.

Besides that, he works for MS, why the fuck wouldn't he say that?

 

[The Mat Harris]

Apparently the kernel devs think that it's based on leaked code though due to symbol parity.

ReactOS 'a ripoff of the Windows Research Kernel', claims Microsoft kernel engineer

Opines that there's 'absolutely no way on Earth this was written from a clean sheet'

www.theregister.co.uk

Smells like POOs are mad to me.
First off if that was the case microsoft would have already taken them down.
Also there are people that actively check the code both on reactos and on wine.

 

[ohfortuna]

windows a shit

 

[Demonslayer1776]

I'd love for this to happen but microsoft would never do this. Their core demographic is buisinesses, and as it is a ton of them still have a large stock of Windows 7 PC's. If windows 7 were to go open source, and community updates made it a viable alternative, I bet there would be plenty of IT departments that would stick some of the PC's on it to keep costs low. Microsoft could make conflicts to reduce its viability, but that would just be more work for them. An open source windows 7 would be a great thing for the consumer and nothing but a nuisance for microsoft, and would never happen.

 

[Joe Swanson]

I'd love for this to happen but microsoft would never do this. Their core demographic is buisinesses, and as it is a ton of them still have a large stock of Windows 7 PC's. If windows 7 were to go open source, and community updates made it a viable alternative, I bet there would be plenty of IT departments that would stick some of the PC's on it to keep costs low. Microsoft could make conflicts to reduce its viability, but that would just be more work for them. An open source windows 7 would be a great thing for the consumer and nothing but a nuisance for microsoft, and would never happen.

asides from the fact that Microsoft wants to make money, do you know how much of a security risk it would pose globally for all windows systems if the source code for any versions of Windows NT post XP was easily accessible. The only reason why Linux works as open source is because it has insanely low desktop marketshare so people don't spend their time developing viruses for it