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To: raybbr; proxy_user; Gomez; ShadowAce

> Because Windows is used for just about everything else and has open sourced the code to control systems manufacturers so the can sell more Windows.

Microsoft has not "open-sourced the code" of Windows to anyone, anywhere. Windows is proprietary. Open source means it is not only publicly readable, but also, anyone may modify it.

I think you must mean, "made the code available under Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)". Yes?

The distinction is huge, and profound. Proprietary code, under NDA, is the opposite of open source.

11 posted on 07/23/2010 1:14:11 PM PDT by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!)

12 posted on 07/23/2010 1:25:03 PM PDT by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)

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