Linux is Open Source. That fact alone will prevent another Microsoft from rising to such power. Microsoft deliberately hid things in code to make DR-DOS incompatable with Win 3.1, and uses API functions in certain programs that other companies don't even know about. Linux is as open as your grandfathers fly. NO secrets!
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Linux is Open Source. That fact alone will prevent another Microsoft from rising to such power. Microsoft deliberately hid things in code to make DR-DOS incompatable with Win 3.1, and uses API functions in certain programs that other companies don't even know about. Linux is as open as your grandfathers fly. NO secrets!
This is really cool. The old articles are great!