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Microsoft Planning on Opening Up More Source
mhh5 writes "It's a bit surprising, but it looks like Microsoft is considering making some of its code open source. Obviously, Microsoft's OS or Office are not going to be opened, and it seems like Microsoft is just trying to get more developers, but it's a interesting change of policy."
I can't wait to get my hands on that DOS 3.3 source. I shall build the mightiest DOS EVER!!!!
When they say Open Source, do they mean actually open source, or shared source? Of course I didn't RTFA.
hey you can work on improving your apartment as much as you want. when the next guy moves in, we are going to paint it pink and throw all your crap out ...
we really like that you fixed the garbage disposal for us free though.
...it's just a bunch of "if-else" loops anyway. Millions. Although, they iterated an array once that and used a "for" loop pretty nicely...
That's what it's all about.
What other choice does MS have at this point?
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Seems they want people to believe they are playing along with the OSS market
Don't be silly. For instance, we know there are lots of great features in IIS that could be ported to Apache to improve it, like the ability to be automatically exploited! Internet Explorer has similarly advanced code that Mozilla could make use of;).
Alphanos
Thousands of open source developers around the world would die as their head's exploded.
We used to have a joke at Bell Labs regarding the source code for the 5ESS. If we ever wanted to eliminate any competition, we would send them a copy of the source, and they would go bankrupt trying to figure it out.
"To those who are overly cautious, everything is impossible. "
...Although, the possibilities of porting MS Bob to LINUX are intriguing...
HA! I just wasted some of your bandwidth with a frivolous sig!
They are going to open the source of their network protocols. The first thing they are opening is the TCP/IP protocols. ;-)
PENAROL: Seras eterno como el tiempo y floreceras en cada primavera.
MS could be 100% trustworthy on this.
Man, that's so funny, I just spewed coffee out my nose!
Microsoft opened up lots of it's source last year, lest we forget. :)
I find it interesting that Windows is so widely deployed, yet so few people are truly "in love" with the operating system.
Oddly enough, most people only use operating systems to facilitate whatever work it is they happen to be tasked with accomplishing. When it comes to love, passion, etc, these same weird folk usually look towards members of the opposite sex (or the same sex, even) and not penguins, devils, or peices of mealy fruit. Crazy, huh?
This is like Sauron giving rings to all the elvish and dwarven kings in order to enslave them.
Yes, I'm a nerd.
Someone has to say it, they are opening the source on purpose this time? It's probably just the Microsoft Bob code, or worse, Clippy.
I hate sigs.
void main() {
//
//**Secret Proprietary Microsoft Code Removed**
//
while (true) {
if (rand() % 2)
doCrash();
}
}
At the rate they're going, not even "open source." They'll be the biggest "partially-published-but-heavily-restricted-source please-copy-it-so-we-can-sue-your-ass" software company.
Napster-to-go says "Fill and refill your compatible MP3 player", which is a lie. It's not MP3. It's WMA with DRM.
Since when was Communism Un-American? Im moving to cuba...
Coffee, you can sleep when you're dead!
Just think of the next adverts.
"Microsoft, bringing out the best in you by using your knowledge because we ain't got a clue"
I like muppets.
But they already have a (cracked) open source version of NT, don't they?
I have gas, but my car uses petrol.
I have nothing against Microsoft open-sourcing anything, but don't they realize that you can't have your FUD and eat it too?
English is easier said than done.
Even better, we can find out what all those BSOD messages are.
Microsoft plans on giving it's cash reserves of 50 billion away to charity.