I'm assuming if Microsoft could legally stop this, they would.
Likely the interfaces aren't copyrightable and this is probably a clean implementation -- but I'm sure if Microsoft could trot out a patent or something else to stop people they would.
I can't imagine they want implementations of their stuff out there. (Granted, they mostly started out by implementing other people's stuff, so there may not be much they can do about it.)
"The developers, a team at Michigan State University, hope to have this engine on the market in the next two/three years."
Oh no! Two/three years falls suspiciously close to the forth quarter of next year or, in other words, the project will be canceled in six months! Oh well.. it was a good run.
I find this to be a great step to fighting botnets legally. More security companies should follow this path and get legal court orders to fight malicious code.
I find it quite ludicrous that many botnets are well-known as are how they operate their C&C's but the hands of those who can fix it are tied by the laws that are meant to catch these botnet herders.
I use WebCollab, great tool and fits the description of a "task list on steroids" and its open source!
What is nice about WebCollab is that you have one object, a task, and a task can have multiple tasks in a hierarchical organization or can be by itself.
http://webcollab.sourceforge.net/
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I'm assuming if Microsoft could legally stop this, they would.
Likely the interfaces aren't copyrightable and this is probably a clean implementation -- but I'm sure if Microsoft could trot out a patent or something else to stop people they would.
I can't imagine they want implementations of their stuff out there. (Granted, they mostly started out by implementing other people's stuff, so there may not be much they can do about it.)
Well if this article is still valid, then I would say they don't mind Samba. http://linux.slashdot.org/story/08/10/23/1441200/microsoft-working-for-samba-interoperability
At what cost?
This was my first thought also: Or just use screen/tmux
"The developers, a team at Michigan State University, hope to have this engine on the market in the next two/three years."
Oh no! Two/three years falls suspiciously close to the forth quarter of next year or, in other words, the project will be canceled in six months! Oh well.. it was a good run.
http://xkcd.com/678/
we can't have nice things.
That /. gets its United States election results from CBC/Radio Canada?
"called iOS 4.1 a trap"
Ackbar would be proud.
I find this to be a great step to fighting botnets legally. More security companies should follow this path and get legal court orders to fight malicious code.
I find it quite ludicrous that many botnets are well-known as are how they operate their C&C's but the hands of those who can fix it are tied by the laws that are meant to catch these botnet herders.
I use WebCollab, great tool and fits the description of a "task list on steroids" and its open source! What is nice about WebCollab is that you have one object, a task, and a task can have multiple tasks in a hierarchical organization or can be by itself. http://webcollab.sourceforge.net/