Microsoft's telemetry features in Windows 10 are a privacy advocate's nightmare. Now that Microsoft is trying to back port these "features" into existing versions of Windows, it seems like many of us have no future upgrade path. Sure there is Linux, but I have some older Windows software that I still want to use. ReactOS is still out there, but does not look like there have been any updates in a while.
Does the Soylent community believe it is possible to get this project going full steam to producing a useable alternative for existing Windows users?
(Score: 1) by Francis on Thursday October 22 2015, @03:35AM
Those ones get listed because you have to be able to use the save files from one installation on another version. It's the same reason why people keep updating those programs even though the new features may not be necessary. If you don't update, then the files might not be completely compatible with the version that other people are using.
And you'll notice that most of those programs are ones used by businesses and professionals. The more day to day stuff doesn't have as much trouble attracting developers and an audience to support the work. But, for things like AutoCAD, a halfway functioning version isn't going to cut it, it has to be completely compatible otherwise it's worthless. The same can not be said for most other categories of software.