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Heh. Remember when MS spent a lot of money on SCO's "IP"? (to be fair, Sun did it too)Follow the FUD. They didn't need SFU as much as they needed a way to give SCO a lot of money.Now I'll S(T)FU.
That would be a "yes"
> But one of the reasons MS is achieved so much success is because they made their stuff very easy to extend a long time ago, No, the main reason is massive piracy of MS products between 1990 and 1996. After that, MS signed a sweetheart deal with many Caribbean countries. It was either that or face MASSIVE penalties for copyright violations.
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Heh. Remember when MS spent a lot of money on SCO's "IP"? (to be fair, Sun did it too)
Follow the FUD. They didn't need SFU as much as they needed a way to give SCO a lot of money.
Now I'll S(T)FU.
That would be a "yes"
> But one of the reasons MS is achieved so much success is because they made their stuff very easy to extend a long time ago,
No, the main reason is massive piracy of MS products between 1990 and 1996. After that, MS signed a sweetheart deal with many Caribbean countries.
It was either that or face MASSIVE penalties for copyright violations.