Microsoft Agrees to License Windows Source Code

msbmsb writes "Stepping away from previous tradition, "Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it will license its Windows source code to comply with a European Union antitrust ruling." But in an effort to stop the cloning of the OS, developers will still have to pay an unspecified amount for the code. This is an addition to the "12,000 pages of technical documents and 500 hours of free technical support" to those who purchase a license."

Comments

12000 Pages?

[unheard02]

Man, and all we get is clippy to help us out.

Re:Wait... That seems... SLANTED???

[oneiros27]

You act like it's something new ... just watch any infomercial, or commercial for exercise/kitchen gadgets at 2am:

Have you ever wished you could figure out how to make your application work with Microsoft Windows?

Now you can!

How much would something like this be worth?

We don't know, either ... just send us a blank check, and ask for rush delivery!

Act now, and we'll throw in 12,000 pages of documentation*.

But wait, there's more ... we'll also throw in 500 hours** of FREE tech support!***

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* some pages intentionally left blank
** no refund for time spent on hold
*** free tech support may incur phone charges on your part.
Offer not valid in countries we're not getting sued for unlawful business practices

Re:The code's already out

[bogado]

MS put something special in each copy of the code

And you know what that is? Love... MS takes cares that each copy of the windows code has that special touch that makes the code seem likes it got freshly out of your mom's computer.

Windows, now with something special(TM).
Available to you for only an unspecified amount of money.