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MS: Semi open source ???

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afrika
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2706 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-25 : 12:19:38

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060125/ap_on_hi_te/eu_microsoft

mcrowley
Aged Yak Warrior

771 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-25 : 15:55:59

A sizable chunk of code? Does this mean they are turning out the code for Spider.exe, Sol.exe, and Freecell.exe? I always thought that Spider cheated....

elwoos
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2052 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-26 : 03:41:25

To some extent I sympathise with Microsoft on this one!!! Just because Linux source is freely available it doesn't mean that Windows source has to be.

What next - will they be forcing all those people with "secret recipes" to reveal them!

steve

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AndyB13
Aged Yak Warrior

583 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-26 : 07:23:35

quote:
Originally posted by elwoos
What next - will they be forcing all those people with "secret recipes" to reveal them!

Woohoo - Make my own KFC

Beauty is in the eyes of the beerholder

Merkin
Funky Drop Bear Fearing SQL Dude!

4970 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-26 : 17:23:50

Being able to see the source code and "open source" are two totally separate things.

Damian
"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." - Emerson

jhermiz

3564 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-26 : 23:59:16

#include<windows.h>
#include<string.h>

/*
App: Vista Shutdown Procedure
Created By: Joe Smoe
Team: 103
Date: 12/29/05
Rev Date: 12/30/05
POST: blah blah
PRE: blah blah
*/

int main(void)
{
//rest of code not shown for MS privacy
return 0;
}

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Kristen
Test

22859 Posts

Posted - 2006-01-28 : 02:21:15

"return 0;"

I think there's a bug there ...

Kristen

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