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22nd February 2008, 01:06 AM
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Microsoft set to open up software
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22nd February 2008, 01:09 AM
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Awwww...group hug.... 
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22nd February 2008, 01:12 AM
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mmmMMM DRAT! I was just about to stick the nightly pin in the ballmer doll...
Why is it I just KNOW there is a razor blade in that cookie?
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22nd February 2008, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by JN4OldSchool
Why is it I just KNOW there is a razor blade in that cookie?
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What cookie?
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"Nonetheless, the Commission notes that today's announcement follows at least four similar statements by Microsoft in the past on the importance of interoperability."
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Talk is cheap but where's the beef?
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22nd February 2008, 01:33 AM
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***yep***!
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22nd February 2008, 01:37 AM
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M$ must be worried, why else would they be doing this, if they keep on getting sue'd by the EU they wont be able to afford Yahoo 
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22nd February 2008, 01:42 AM
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Yeah, but their 'open' licences are usually of the "Look but don't touch" variety.
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22nd February 2008, 01:56 AM
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22nd February 2008, 02:40 AM
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It's been talked(typed) to death, even on this forum. MS will allow access to it's code. It's already stated(not just an assumption) that they will sue anyone that tries to integrate the technology into a commercial product.
As long as you only use the technology to create a better personal baseball card sorting application, you are ok. As soon as you try to use the technology to do something that the code is intended to do, you are going to receive a visit from the suits that represent the software giant.
What a surprise. MS is trying to make those of us that are less observant feel better. It's what they do.
I hope they keep their current stance, scaring off the developers. Nothing good can come from using their code. It would be akin to accepting complimentary music CD's from the RIAA.
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22nd February 2008, 03:44 AM
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Which reminds me of a great line by a small-medium business--the name escapes me. At any rate, that software equivalent of the RIAA came after him for unlicensed software and wound up getting a good deal of money.
Afterwards he switched to open source. The quote was something like, "You can't send armed federal marshalls after your customers and expect them to remain your customers."
(Unless of course, you're Apple, but people will probably get wise to them sooner or later.)
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22nd February 2008, 03:51 AM
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Wise words, wise move!
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22nd February 2008, 04:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Steve Ballmer
Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer said: "Our goal is to promote greater interoperability, opportunity and choice for customers and developers throughout the industry by making our products more open and by sharing even more information about our technologies."
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followed by a quick jig around the podium accompanied with a really loud (almost drunken) chant "I LUUUVVVVVE THIS COMPANY!"
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22nd February 2008, 04:23 AM
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Developers, developers, developers...
Developers, developers, developers...
Developers, developers, developers...
Developers, developers, developers...
Developers, developers, developers...
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22nd February 2008, 04:59 AM
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all source code should be made available at least for porting for gods sake
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22nd February 2008, 06:36 AM
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yes all should be to interop with each other but M$ wants Linux to fail flat on our shoes,
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