Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freedows OS (2nd nomination)

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The result was merge to Microsoft Windows. MBisanz ^talk 00:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Freedows OS[edit]

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90'es vaporware with no impact on anything and no development for 10 years Ysangkok (talk) 01:19, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete - lacks notability and significance per WP:NSOFT. - Mr X 03:00, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete I remember this from back in the day on Slashdot. It never amounted to anything, and I can't find anything that could establish notability. §FreeRangeFrog^croak 03:17, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Software-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 18:44, 22 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 00:32, 29 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Courcelles 03:38, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

^A stronger/clearer consensus would be nice given this survived AFD before. Courcelles 03:39, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom and to incrementally reduce the systemic bias in WP. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 04:05, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, vaguely notable for the drama that happened around it and for being vapourware. It had some coverage in the Chronicle of Higher Education, too (copied here). Not sure that I care about the "systemic bias" above; this is not a zero-sum game wherein every article on a minor computer subject necessarily results in the death of an article about something else. Lewis Collard! (lol, internet) 16:18, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Microsoft Windows. There's already a (slightly misnamed) section Microsoft Windows#Emulation software that discusses the similar ReactOS and other products like Wine (software) (which isn't an emulator either). --Colapeninsula (talk) 18:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Merge as suggested above. Freedows deserves a brief mention, but not its own article. Andrew³²⁷ 07:28, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.