i believe AT&T got sued by MSoft for it's proposed use of NT source code (which it had received under a restrictive license)... i'm pretty sure he has access to NT source.
when the vast majority of your developers are on Netscape/AOL's payroll, and you do something to threaten two important and strategic AOL franchises (instant messenger & ICQ) you probably get an irate call from the dudes upstairs. protestations that one is "separate" from the corporate entity that pays your bills come out sounding pretty hollow...
of course, AOL could allow mozilla to do what it wants to do, but is anybody willing to bet on it? and at what odds?
mozilla may still produce good software, just like msoft produced the pretty good ie5, but i wouldn't say they're independent of AOL or really a part of the open source movement...
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i believe AT&T got sued by MSoft for it's proposed use of NT source code (which it had received under a restrictive license)... i'm pretty sure he has access to NT source.
redJester
how good is Win2000 ?
on the one hand, it's hard to trust MSoft's word, since they've got definite strategic and monetary interests in having everyone believe it's good.
on the other hand, it's hard to trust non-MSofters who don't have access to the code or who have a grudge against MSoft for being MSoft.
so here's a question: any users out there tried Win2000beta3 ? what do they think ?
redJester
when the vast majority of your developers are on Netscape/AOL's payroll, and you do something to threaten two important and strategic AOL franchises (instant messenger & ICQ) you probably get an irate call from the dudes upstairs. protestations that one is "separate" from the corporate entity that pays your bills come out sounding pretty hollow...
of course, AOL could allow mozilla to do what it wants to do, but is anybody willing to bet on it? and at what odds?
mozilla may still produce good software, just like msoft produced the pretty good ie5, but i wouldn't say they're independent of AOL or really a part of the open source movement...