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What, really, is the use of Microsoft proprietary code which can be looked at, but not altered? Are Windows coder's aware that to copy even one line of this "shared code" into an application of their own, will open them to financial ruin by MS's favourite snuffing-out tactic, litigation? Haven't Windows coder's realised that Microsoft's basic premise is that all end users are thieves? Don't Windows coders realise that to look at proprietary Microsoft code is only one step away from stealing it? No-one who looks at this code can ever work on another project without opening that project to possible future IP litigation from the innovation-snuffing Microsoft behemoth.
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Feel free to share your code..  nucrash | 06/27/06
No thanks  Linux Geek | 06/27/06
Look but don't touch  whisperycat | 06/27/06
Okay, kitty-cat  Confused by religion | 06/27/06
I'll give you one, even if it might not be the last.  Letophoro | 06/27/06
I have found some  quantumstate | 06/27/06
What part of April's Fools day did you not understand  jmilne@... | 06/29/06
code-sharing site  not of this world | 06/27/06
Pls DO NOT get confused and believe that  michael_t | 06/27/06
I disagree  Patrick Jones | 06/27/06
Let us reason here:  michael_t | 06/27/06
As I stated  Patrick Jones | 06/28/06
Excuse me, but how does "shared source" differ from "open source"?  michael_t | 06/27/06
Easy..  Patrick Jones | 06/27/06
Ho ho ho ... incidentally, you are replying to my previous post  michael_t | 06/27/06
And again..  Patrick Jones | 06/28/06
and again I have NO problem whatsoever with that. If SUN was giving away  michael_t | 06/28/06
I don't work for them..  Patrick Jones | 06/28/06
I hear them talking tools  DemonX | 06/27/06
Microsoft Code of Conduct  bxj2006 | 06/27/06
Let's try that formatting again:  bxj2006 | 06/27/06
Here is one interpretation  Confused by religion | 06/27/06
its simple  not of this world | 06/27/06
its saying that  substand | 06/27/06
So uncompiled code is not software  quantumstate | 06/27/06
"soft"ware  bxj2006 | 06/27/06
WHO'S LAUGHING NOW  ghekko | 06/27/06
VB 6 run time.. where that? How about releasing protocol specs instead  john.gruber@... | 06/28/06
VB 6 run time.. where that? How about releasing protocol specs instead  Jacques@... | 06/29/06
I wonder...  Psyjack | 06/29/06
Back to the Future  3dguru | 06/30/06

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