I agree fully, I did an assignment on Microsoft and their crazy practices a couple of semesters ago.
What this is, is standard Microsoft FUD tactics. If they can't steal/buy/collaborate then extend and proprietise the product, they resort to Fear, Uncertainty and Distrust (FUD) tactics... well that and other things such as vapourware.
On that note, do you think that MS would keep sharing it's source code if it vanquished the opposition (OSS/GPL/FSF), not saying that it could but I'm sure they'd do backflips that would make the Chinese gymnasts proud.
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I agree fully, I did an assignment on Microsoft and their crazy practices a couple of semesters ago. What this is, is standard Microsoft FUD tactics. If they can't steal/buy/collaborate then extend and proprietise the product, they resort to Fear, Uncertainty and Distrust (FUD) tactics... well that and other things such as vapourware. On that note, do you think that MS would keep sharing it's source code if it vanquished the opposition (OSS/GPL/FSF), not saying that it could but I'm sure they'd do backflips that would make the Chinese gymnasts proud.