Didn’t Mozilla release a major security update for 3.0.x within 24 hours of Microsoft releasing that ie patch?
I think the answer to Microsoft lies in some corporation putting open source software on a chip set, like Apple, and selling the hardware, not the software.
The way this can be “sold” as an idea to the open source community is to create an open source and proprietary blend in hardware in software.
In other words, in exchange for buying the hardware from any one of a number of manufacturers, users not only get a more advanced operating system, but are also able to modify other chip functions as well.
This is all designed to lead to bringing open source modifications into the hardware as well as the software. Users can create and swap hardware modifications, by buying blank chips and either having the chip programming done by the manufacturer of the chip, or doing it themselves.
They can even open source modify the motherboards to their specs, if enough of them want the mod and are willing to pay the price for a limited run.
Instead of the standard PC used today, computer hardware would again be wide open to innovation.
You misspelled "anals."
As much as many hate Microsoft, some good has come from them. My daughter in law worked on a project at the CDC funded by the Gates Foundation. In a little over a year and a half they developed a new meningitis vaccine that does not require refrigeration and is expected to save 65,000 lives the first year alone.
Vista + novice user = disaster.
Vista + expert user = extreme anger.
Vista + total idiot = suicidal.
Everything was integrated. The system soon was all 64 bit. The hardware, OS and applications. The database, OS, development tools, communications subsystems all came with the system. The most robust, mission critical system available. I always said you run nuclear power facilities or life support systems with confidence. The only time the system ever stopped is when you commanded it to.
But we were told it was no good. You have go go to an open system. You get to choose your database, your OS, and any development tools you want. You will be free and not locked into one vendor.
Fast forward to 2009. 30+ stand alone servers. 32 bit no less. Try to run more that one app on a server and you are asking for trouble. Multiple versions of Windows OS. SQL hell. Have a problem with a product? Well it's the other vendors fault. A complete nightmare to administer. This was what an open system was refered to as years back. I believe now you are talking about open code source. But in a way that's where we were with the AS400. A multi-application server that allowed you to embed system commands and API's into your applications. I miss those days.