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[PLUG] Of MS and Open Source
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The Register reports that one remedy under consideration in the
anti-trust case is to open the source of IE. This is interesting to me
because a week or two ago, I was considering what might happen in the
case. Forcing MS to open the Windows source seemed to be going a bit
too far, but since IE was what they bundled with Windows, it seemed
appropriate (to me) that they should be required to open up the Explorer
source. This would have the added benefit of helping out folks without
a decent browser on their platform of choice.
Hallelujah. Maybe we'll finally have a decent browser for Linux. Of
course, we may not; the appeals should take forever, and even if the
final decision is against Microsoft, the code will be a bit out of date
by then.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/000410-000013.html
Bill
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