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Open Source Microsoft?
by Steve Gibson, Feb 18, 2000 9:00am PSTHolesinswiss spotted this news bit on CNet which quote Bill Gates as saying he would consider open-sourcing the Windows operating system as part of a possible settlement in anti-trust cases they are involved in with the government right now. The change to the industry that would cause is just incredible, not to mention as Jack mentioned the number of Linux guys who would tear through the code simply to make fun of it...
Gates said he would agree to open the source code for the company's Windows operating system as part of a settlement, a move that would allow competitors to create and sell their own modified versions of Windows.Update by Maarten at 11am. Apparently Microsoft is now denying the possible open sourcing as part of the settlement, according to this story on Yahoo News. The news source where the original report came from, Bloomberg News, is stickin to the story though. They say:
After the on-camera portion of the interview was completed, Gates was asked whether the company would be willing to open the Windows source code in order to settle the case, and Gates said ``yes.'' He then added, smiling, ``if that's all it took.''
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I can use linux mind you, but why? If I had the bandwidth to run a server (DAMN MY CABLE AND TELCOS TO HELL!!) it would be good, though I haven\'t tried Win2000. I have to ask, Why in the hell would you want a computer to stay up for 3 years? What good would it be? A 3 year old comp is a, what? Pentium? 486SX? Not much of a server.
Linfuxed ain\'t the user OS, it\'s the server OS. We all want a better OS for what 2 things? Games and Net. BeOS is your future (now let\'s get some dev work goin\').
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THE GRAVY BABY!!!
Version 5 will probably be out by March.
One thing I can guess is that most of the people here couldn\'t get past even simply installing a linux distro much less configuring it to run the way you want it. Linux has its obvious weaknesses and its many strengths. If it\'s too hard for you then use something else and quit yer bitchin\'. It\'s free for goodness sakes. Yes I run Win2k, btw. And Win98. And Linux. And soon... Be. There is nothing wrong with learning something new ya know.
We\'re not illiterate, we\'re inventive.
God forbid people use words to express themselves as they see fit.
that be them.
Windows 3.1 source code!
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i couldnt agree with you more, have you ever seen their TV show??
*pause*
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaahahahahahhaahahhahahahahaahhahaha
FIND AN F-ING DICTIONARY! I really hate how people say \"literally\" when it\'s not.
-The Grammar Police
A new game called Shadows of Reality is in development. Basically,
and almost identically, its \'ShadowRun\' based on the UT engine.
Sounds kinda good, the link is on Blue\'s, and no, I aint goin back to
gank the link.
hey, make sure gamespy isn\'t on that computer, also.
http://www.gamespy.com