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Might meeting the government's demands further delay Longhorn's release?
1 posted on 01/26/2005 9:09:45 PM PST by Swordmaker
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To: Bush2000

Thought you might be interested in this development... or is it anti-development?


2 posted on 01/26/2005 11:17:15 PM PST by Swordmaker (Tagline now open, please ring bell.)
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Microsoft ping!


3 posted on 01/27/2005 6:17:28 AM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: Swordmaker

Yay! Federal government lawyers now get to decide what functionality will be included in software.

Much as some people will hate this, soon GPL software will be the only recourse for getting needed functionality, because it's the only software community free from government meddling.


4 posted on 01/27/2005 8:32:30 AM PST by Doohickey ("This is a hard and dirty war, but when it's over, nothing will ever be too difficult again.”)
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