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sime:
Hidden in deepest darkest recesses of Redmond there is "Linux Lab Man"!

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20050506/tc_zd/151451

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Sime

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Aloone_Jonez:
Being open soure Linux is at a disadvantage here because Microsoft and easily look at how it works. Linux programmers can't do the same to Windows apart from reverse engineering decompileing it which is also illegal. Microsoft are being sensible in this case, it makes sense, they need to know their opposition inside out and this isn't hard where Linux is concerned as it's open for all to see.

KernelPanic:
Reverse engineering for the purposes of interoperability is legal in the EU.

Aloone_Jonez:
I've heard this before, is this a new thing?

The EU will fine Micrsoft anyway if they don't release more of their "trade secrets"

But who will say how much information they have to make public?

Micorsoft have made the Windows source code availible to a few goverenments so why can't they just make it availble to the EU court and then they can come to and agreement on which bits secrets they should give up.

BobTheHob:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---I've heard this before, is this a new thing?

The EU will fine Micrsoft anyway if they don't release more of their "trade secrets"

But who will say how much information they have to make public?

Micorsoft have made the Windows source code availible to a few goverenments so why can't they just make it availble to the EU court and then they can come to and agreement on which bits secrets they should give up.
--- End quote ---

I think its because microsft doesnt want the courts to see all the "HACK THE PLANET FROM THE INSIDE" comments thats all over microsoft source ;)

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