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To: HAL9000

It appears the European Commission wants Microsoft to release their source code, but MS does not want to allow open source projects to have it.

8 posted on 09/07/2005 3:39:04 AM PDT by HAL9000 (Get a Mac - The Ultimate FReeping Machine)

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To: HAL9000

It appears the European Commission wants Microsoft to release their source code

I don't think it's the source code, just the specs so that others can write code to interoperate.

12 posted on 09/07/2005 6:03:27 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat

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To: HAL9000

It appears the European Commission wants Microsoft to release their source code, but MS does not want to allow open source projects to have it.

Precisely! Because if Micro$loth has to show their source code they will become the laughingstock of knowledgeable programmers the world over. We'll finally get to see their bloated, bug infested code.

13 posted on 09/07/2005 6:23:18 AM PDT by upchuck ("If our nation be destroyed, it would be from the judiciary." ~ Thomas Jefferson)

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To: HAL9000

It appears the European Commission wants Microsoft to release their source code, but MS does not want to allow open source projects to have it.

Not exactly. They want the communications protocols to be open. That's a big difference. It's about interoperability.

14 posted on 09/07/2005 8:16:28 AM PDT by zeugma (Muslims are varelse...)

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