Good bye Gates doesnt mean ….. but

Bye Bye gates doesn’t mean end to proprietary software but his walls remain very solid and closed !! An article on BBC by Richard M Stallman Founder, Free Software Foundation.

Since i grew using GNU/Linux system(from my college days when i first started using computers), i did not have much attachment to the Microsoft windowing system neither Mr.Gates.

But there are lot of other restrictions that the company brought in for the user accessing the PC installed Microsoft Windows. If you are in USA then it’s pretty serious and you can never get away unless you switch to. The evils of patents and proprietary document are there still a battle to be fought. So it’s pretty unfair to just put the blame on Gates alone.

The empire of proprietary software is there to live long and so does the open architectures and tools supporting open standards. Can we call it as “coexist in totally isolated world”.

It’s really funny to see the company making their own way of doing things centered around the banner. Openxml is one such thing. But thankfully it’s not accepted as a standard because of it’s complex documentation detailing the standards and other peculiarities. ODT has a good community backup. But this war is there to continue for a long time though. And there are many similar bed time stories like this.

One day i wish to use operating system just as a minimal platform to run applications. And this would be very much possible when the world of web gains more potential and improvements. Then i would definitely say bye bye to Mr.Gates. I guess players like google can bring in such environments for users to concentrate only on their business and not worry about the operating system much. GoS is one such attempt.

In future you could have your documents online and forget about bulky hard disks. The world of web browsers have lot to offer to the user. It’s good that now people are very comfortable trading the documents in web.

Eek, i tend to move away from the topic i write. But honestly there is nothing to talk about Mr.Gates bye bye scene because we have a bigger wall to manage.
I am really interested to read about him and the charity works he does tough.