"Wikipedia-sized"
Is it really? They say in the article that the text of Wikipedia is a 10GB download, but that has to be compressed (and compression on plaintext, which comprises most of Wikipedia, is extremely efficient). I'm guessing (but have no proof) that their 13GB file was raw data.
A minor thing, but comparisons like this always drive me nuts. Just say "13GB proof too big for humans to check." Then there's no confusion.</sillyrant>
A lot of its name games. 10 gigs of possibilities tested is actually pretty short for something like OGR-27. We're probably going to prove OGR-27 in a few weeks (or has it already been announced?) and I'm fairly certain a list of all possible rulers checked would exceed 10 gigs. Yet you can report OGR-26 in only 26 small numbers, or I guess you could draw a graphic pix using 492 pixels or whatever.
So is OGR-27 merely 27 numbers aka a 1-d pixel "graph" probably around five hundred something pixels, or is it really zillions of gigs of rulers all of which are longer than the OGR?
Different strokes. I find that spoilers make me more interested in how the story unfolds, personally. But yes, I understand that a lot of folks don't like them.
I can see a possible market here, competing with Microsoft's licensing for cloud/virtual desktops. MS licensing is at best confusing, and in some cases quite horribly expensive.
And obviously keeping the software open source but charging for cloud services is a relatively straightforward way to monetise free software.
If a non-cloud version comes out as a side effect then that's good for everyone.
So ... is this like Citrix + Windows? Replacing licensing costs of both Windows and Citrix would be a huge cost savings. It also would allow unlimited users.
It says Thorium Core is a commercialization. But ReactOS is open source. So is the cloud services part going to be proprietary? (Thus foiling my idea of a free Citrix replacement.)
It was my understanding that the licensing for windows on "cloud" workloads was actually pretty cheap and straightforward after the introduction of hyper-v -- isn't one licence per cpu socket -- run as many copies/vms as you want? Now for SQL server things can get more expensive...
Not to mention the difference in cost of having any licensing vs having no licensing.
A minor thing, but comparisons like this always drive me nuts. Just say "13GB proof too big for humans to check." Then there's no confusion.</sillyrant>