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040215 Mirian Crzig Lennox wrote: |
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> Lisa Seelye <lisa@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Let the conspiracy theories fly! |
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> Perhaps they're praying that if enough people get hold of their code, |
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> someone out there will fix it for them. |
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certainly, i've always suspected one important reason M$ is so secretive |
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is that their code is so full of awful holes & blunders, |
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what reput'n they have wdn't survive a few weeks, if it were made public. |
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Spider is quite right to warn all OSSers to be careful what they do, |
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but let's remember that free-software workers far outnumber M$ cadres |
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& 95 % humans are not subject to the repressive US legal system, |
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so M$ wd have a v hard time, if they tried that kind of attack. |
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someone quoted via Linux Today suggested M$ shd simply GPL their code, |
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knowing that it wb quickly audited & secured by OS programmers |
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making it a far better product -- already in Worldwide use -- , |
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st they cd continue to make USD G's from consulting & specialist services. |
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not as good as Gentoo, of course, but adequate for the masses ... |
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