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so what. They do give back to THEIR programming community. They provide free tools, free code samples, and a VERY easy programming environment. Granted, Windows was not always easy to program in but Microsoft has made great strides to correct that.

I would not expect Microsoft to provide software for Linux any more than I expect Red Hat (or any other Linux distribution) to provide software for Windows. Your notion that they should give back to ALL platforms is just rediculous. They are a business. And if you think Red Hat is giving back more than they are taking, you are just fooling yourself. They give back what BENEFITS them like any business would.
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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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