[ale] OT - Microsoft gores Open Source

[aaron]

Unless I'm missing something in the descriptions, the only junk M$ is offering 
as Open Source is a system exclusively limited to installation of third party 
software on their proprietary operating systems, a practice which can only 
ultimately serve to further entrench their criminal monopoly.

About as worthless, disfunctional and self defeating as an OSS offering could 
get, don't you think?  ;-)

peace
aaron


On Wednesday 07 April 2004 18:52, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Yeh, I thought this was mighty innaresting. I looked at the project in
> sourceforge.net and sure enough, it's an actual open source thing
> licensed under the Common Public License
> (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/cpl.php), an OSI-approved
> open-source license. This ain't no shared-source bullpucky. It's the
> real thing, giving you rights to modify and republish the code.
> 
> Good on 'em, dudes. I think this is an attempt to be responsive to their
> other big audience, developers. Too bad their ability to make their
> developers happier is limited by their business model.
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> On Wed, 2004-04-07 at 12:48, Keith R. Watson wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Another sysadmin sent me this and I thought the list might like to know 
> > about it considering Microsoft's previous stand on the subject of open 
source.
> > 
> > http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5185549.html
> > 
> <<snip>>
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