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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."
Isn't most of their [non buggy] code already stolen from OSS?!
-- In Soviet Russia, radio listens to YOU!
I so want to have Microsoft Bob... I only wonder if the source code could tell us what the hell they were thinking... Just goes to show, most of MS's innovations suck. Their best products are ones they buy or steal.
Its an old magic trick, the magician holds up the source code in front of the audience - ...And now you don't! ( magician puts code back in hat ) .
Now you see it...( developers run to Microsoft, Bill Gates glues their feet to the floor )
Developers try to get away but find they cannot
Bait and switch - it works every time!
I can't afford a sig!
No, dumbass, my argument is that MS is so fucking huge that anything they perceive as a threat still isn't much of one.
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
windows media player :-)
Useful when nothing more is at hand.
directx
Didn't need it except in situations when some game asks for it. I classify it as driver.
various drivers
Parts of Windows proper and so not considered to be "other than Windows"
IIS
Replaceable with Apache. At least, I see no need to erase BSD and install Windows in order to use it.
windows scripting host
Part of Windows itself.
internet explorer
Crappy shell with lot of holes; part of Windows itself; an instrument for squashing competition.
imagion.. IE with real DOM support
What's it?
or how about 100,000 volunteers hunting vulnerabilities?
Are they a MS product?
outlook express
All my friends use BAT instead. They know what they do.
visual studio and all it's bits
Nice if you know what you must do (Read: Have paid for the MSDN access), useless in other circumstances where the fossilized part 2 of Unix man, vi and cc are useful.
regclean
Part of Windows itself; an instrument to remove troubles that simply should not occur with the proper design.
microsoft management console
Part of Windows itself.
source safe
Have no idea what's it?
msn messenger
What is it? The M$ dependent ICQ/MICQ/LICQ/KICQ replacement?
remeber the desktop toys?
Oh, now I know that m$ is the toy-only platform.