I was just thinking that just like John Carmack (ID software) has released the source of his not-so-new engines (after taking commercial advantage of them) to be used free for non-commercial projects.... Don't you think Mr. Gates should release an older windows version free to download and for personal use? I can assure you this would highly diminish the amount of pirate copies of windows around, and would also be a major hit of competence to other OS's.
I was thinking of this after reading that MS has started locking out pirates, check link:
http://betas.intercom.net/modules.php?o ... =0&thold=0
honestly, what most of the people want is the chance to have a pc at home to get connected to the net and type some letters and play some games. This os could be free, and it would be compatible with windows software. People should be able to download it and get a special activation key or something. I can guarantee tons of people would get it for home use and would feel the need to buy extra software for it. So it would be agood commercial strategy, and it may reactivate the gaming field and market.
dunno, just a crazy thought. But a GPL Win98 or Win2k would rock!!
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Even a watermarked WinXP would rock, with a little message on the lower right corner: Only for personal use at home.... but buy MSworks for it... and some MSN games
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