4 ms·
I won't echo the statements from others about the headache in licencing it would be for Microsoft but I would like to point out : In the petition: > We want m
by bilekas 7y ago
I won't echo the statements from others about the headache in licencing it would be for Microsoft but I would like to point out :
In the petition:
> We want more proof that you really respect users and user freedom, and aren't just using those concepts as marketing when convenient.
How do you even define that ?
It really seems like this was just setup to inflame people about Microsoft again. Yeah windows 7 is end of life.. ~10 years.. I would consider that pretty reasonable.
Demanding for the source in a petition ? That's quite unreasonable.
- gmueckl 7y agoThis is a publicity stunt. Nobody in their right mind would expect that this would get any official reaction from MS, even if it's just a plain "no". I just don't get what the FSF has to gain from that. It rather makes them look petty in my eyes.
- PretzelFisch 7y agoThey get a sound bite, with the hope of reminding anyone thinking of buying windows 10 that it is closed source and maybe should think about the ramifications.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]
- acdha 7y agoWe’re spending time talking about them, and they spent how much on that free PR? This is a great media hack since it costs almost nothing to request and while they know that it would be prohibitively expensive (and almost nobody would use it) they also know most people reading it won’t think about that so it’ll be easy to get some angry “greedy Microsoft won’t even open something they don’t need anymore” circulation.
- deleted 7y ago[deleted]