[Gllug] [OT] Support model for Linux vs M$

[salsaman at xs4all.nl]

On Thu, March 12, 2009 23:20, j.roberts wrote:
> - Tethys wrote:
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Matthew King <matthew.king at monnsta.net>
>> wrote:
>>> so I must ask - what do sage/quickbooks do that gnucash doesn't?
>> http://lwn.net/Articles/313925/
>
> So, and very interesting. I'm in full agreement.
>
> One way IMHO to enable the environment for a move is to insist that MS
> publish ALL the details of its interfaces so that Wine et al can work
> properly. It already does an often-impressive job.
>

The EU already ordered this a few years back. Except that you have to pay
M$ to get the specifications, and many of them are patented anyway.
Ooops...

Without even this small concession, samba would most likely be broken now.


Salsaman.
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