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1 posted on 03/07/2006 6:43:18 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Read more here............

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1934261,00.asp


2 posted on 03/07/2006 6:43:40 AM PST by Halfmanhalfamazing (Linux, the #2 OS. Mac, the #3 OS. Apple's own numbers are hard to argue with.)
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Every time a piece of software is open-sourced, Richard Stallman smiles and an angel loses its wings.


6 posted on 03/07/2006 7:17:24 AM PST by Salo
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing

Seems to me that with products like GAIM and Trillian the reverse engineering has already occurred, so they might as well. I don't see this as a major event.


7 posted on 03/07/2006 7:19:32 AM PST by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten (When Bush says "we mustn't act like clowns," the RATS don their multi-colored wigs and greasepaint.)
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To: Halfmanhalfamazing; Golden Eagle
OMG, the big-business capitalist commies are taking over! Run for your lives! Hide all of your code!

Don't tell them anything! He hasn't even tortured you yet!

Emergency! Everybody to get from street! Emergency! Everybody to get from street!

8 posted on 03/07/2006 7:19:51 AM PST by antiRepublicrat
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