Microsoft may not be able to open its source due to legal ramifications. Anyone remember the zlib vulnerability? There is no telling how much more open source is contained in their code, nor how much code that may belong to others. By opening their code, they would open themselves to legal liability, not only with developers who may find some of their own code in there, but also the Justice Department for claims they made about modularity and other aspects of their operating systems.
Secrecy is Microsoft's only ally.
This seems to be what KPIG, Radio Paradise, is about . There was an article about them this last year in Linux Journal. To avoid deeplinking, do a search for KPIG on www.linuxjournal.com:
The Promise of Radio Paradise: An Open-Source Challenge to Commercial Radio
By DocSearls on Tuesday, January 15, 2002
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Microsoft may not be able to open its source due to legal ramifications. Anyone remember the zlib vulnerability? There is no telling how much more open source is contained in their code, nor how much code that may belong to others. By opening their code, they would open themselves to legal liability, not only with developers who may find some of their own code in there, but also the Justice Department for claims they made about modularity and other aspects of their operating systems. Secrecy is Microsoft's only ally.
This seems to be what KPIG, Radio Paradise, is about . There was an article about them this last year in Linux Journal. To avoid deeplinking, do a search for KPIG on www.linuxjournal.com: The Promise of Radio Paradise: An Open-Source Challenge to Commercial Radio By DocSearls on Tuesday, January 15, 2002