All Things Microsoft > Microsoft as a Company
We won! (sorta...)
Interscope:
Microsoft stated that they'll release they're source code to company's...
Of course it isn't totally open but I see this as an act of desperation. They're weak, they see the power of open source but they are too blind to do something right.
Weaklings. I'd like to see how soon it'll leak to warez sites and such.
http://slashdot.org/articles/03/01/15/030217.shtml?tid=109
SAJChurchey:
The shared source licensing plan is very simple:
Some business must already have 1500 licenses in order to get the source.
IT depts. can look at it, but they can't modify it or share it w/ anyone. They just have it to "better understand the software". IT depts. can submit bug reports, but M$ can choose to ignore them if they want, which they will
When shared licensing finally goes into effect, it's going to be on the internet anyway b/c of some disgruntled IT employee.
If crackers had an easy time finding holes in the software now; just imagine if they had the source code. I mean, basically you can close your eyes point your finger at a random place in the source code and find a bug.
I hope M$ does release the souce code. Then maybe black market copies of debugged Windows will show up.
Calum:
that would be awful.
i hope they withold their code to the bitter end because if people made windows better, you can bet microsoft would stick it in one of their mystery service packs and it would give microsoft windows another ten years to live because it wouldn't be quite so shit in the minds of the people.
Interscope:
Lets see...
Code leaks>>> People use it to pull WINE out of Alpha stage>>> More people switch to Linux>>> People start making ports for Linux>>>M$ is sqaushed away
It is a failed plan. Just compare it to OSX, Apple withholds some code but the core is open source and EVERYONE can edit it.
Those people cannot edit it and only look at it. Only M$ can edit it. We all know M$, M$ ignores bug reports for at least half a year or so.
lazygamer:
What I like is that there is more then one way to win. No one will really know what will happen. So Palladium may kill Wind0ze rather then hinder it, or it may not kill it and fuck things up.
Awesome Wine compatibility could mean that Linux doesn't get true ports, but maybe it could because the number of Wind0ze refuges would greatly rise. Then again, maybe it wouldn't make much difference in terms of refuges and just damages the Linux cause. No one knows...
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