Talk:Operating Systems
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Is there a reason we're only listing Free/open source OS here? It's very limiting. this Should be comprehensive | Is there a reason we're only listing Free/open source OS here? It's very limiting. this Should be comprehensive | ||
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| + | :I agree... even if (some of) the authors here have ideological or practical reasons to favor the promotion of free and open-source OSs, the aim of this site is to aid in digital archaeology, which means that people will want to use it to become educated about the range of different operating systems and platforms that have existed over the history of computing, and the compatibilities and incompatibilities thereof, including all systems whether proprietary or open. [[User:Dan Tobias|Dan Tobias]] ([[User talk:Dan Tobias|talk]]) 23:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC) | ||
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Is there a better term for this than "Free Operating System"? To me, that would include free UNIXes or other free OSes unrelated to proprietary systems. The usage here seems to be "free operating systems (that are compatible with non-free systems). Which makes sense for this project, but I'm the terminology seems funny if that's what we mean. Tungol (talk) 07:01, 29 October 2012 (UTC)
Is there a reason we're only listing Free/open source OS here? It's very limiting. this Should be comprehensive
- I agree... even if (some of) the authors here have ideological or practical reasons to favor the promotion of free and open-source OSs, the aim of this site is to aid in digital archaeology, which means that people will want to use it to become educated about the range of different operating systems and platforms that have existed over the history of computing, and the compatibilities and incompatibilities thereof, including all systems whether proprietary or open. Dan Tobias (talk) 23:04, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
