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> So, Bill Gates is willing to open the source to Win2000 to settle the
> government case. I personally think he'll redefine Open Source and continue on
> the way he's been going for several years. Thoughts?
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MSFT has been talking about how to open source in a meaningful manner
for over a year now. Last time Ballmer brought it up, it was just
drivers or possibly frameworks.
Strategically speaking, I think they're trying to figure out how to get
Justice off their back, and slam open source by showing it's a 16-ton
bag of pixie dust that doesn't do what it promises -- like mozilla but
without even a hint of the slighest payback.
And if that doesn't work, they'll find some bogus little corner to show that
it can work for efforts smaller than Win2k. Something like a dorky little
control in IE or something.
Z.
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