LoadingReadyRun: The New Old Thing
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You know, they've got a point. I can see cubicle farms using a stripped-down operating system that only lets people do their actual work and submit it through an internal network, rather than the full, distraction-ladled OS of today. If you're doing something like digitizing hospital charts or processing other data, it's the perfect thing for maximizing profits and keeping your employees downtrodden.
Might be best to make it Linux or something, though, just to prevent lawsuits.
Might be best to make it Linux or something, though, just to prevent lawsuits.
Sorry, wasn't paying attention. Was too busy trying to think of how to bribe you guys for the Lady Ashe figure in the background.
Kidding aside, I'm kind of impressed with the thread of logic woven in this video.
Kidding aside, I'm kind of impressed with the thread of logic woven in this video.
Companies can already do that with newer versions of windows. Some of the computers where I work literally just have three programs on them, Office IE (which is restricted via proxy filters) and the custom software we work on and we use XP. You can do pretty much anything via custom OS builds.Thunderous Cacophony said:
Now I can goof off like it's 1995!
C:\>chdir DESCENT
C:\>DESCENT>descentr.exe
And if that fails, there's always Dangerous Dave 2.
C:\>chdir DESCENT
C:\>DESCENT>descentr.exe
And if that fails, there's always Dangerous Dave 2.
They, wh-, but I, just, damn. I guess we can just cut out the middle man and jury-rig my phone to run msdos. It's already got a keyboard, that's all you need right?
The sad thing is, I actually know a fair amount of people who would be nodding their heads sagely throughout this video. XD
FreeDOS, an MS-DOS compatible operating system has already been available for years, and it's licensed under the GPL which means that you're allowed to sell it (you have to include the source code with the binaries if you do, and you can't place any restrictions on the buyer re-distributing it later, which makes it generally impractical for commercial software but still better than the "suggested donation" thing suggested here.)
Jokes aside, though, I'd advise anyone with actual programming knowledge to not look at the code that Microsoft donated to the Computer History Museum. If you do, and you end up writing code for another project that's vaguely similar to what's in the released DOS code then Microsoft can sue the project in question for copyright infringement. In fact, many open-source projects (FreeDOS included) specifically bar anyone who's looked at this kind of restrictive-licenced code from making contributions to their codebase in order to protect themselves from legal threats.
Jokes aside, though, I'd advise anyone with actual programming knowledge to not look at the code that Microsoft donated to the Computer History Museum. If you do, and you end up writing code for another project that's vaguely similar to what's in the released DOS code then Microsoft can sue the project in question for copyright infringement. In fact, many open-source projects (FreeDOS included) specifically bar anyone who's looked at this kind of restrictive-licenced code from making contributions to their codebase in order to protect themselves from legal threats.
