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You IDIOTS have no clue to Open Source
Open source is a platform to build on.

Open Source is software that is refined/improved by many eyes instead of a few.

Open Source allows companies to NOT reinvent the wheel (as it is called).

If you don't know what it is, quit talking about it.
Posted by: jrbeaman   Posted on: 05/24/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Chop Shop  Chad_z | 05/13/04
Adding new bugs  Mstowelboy2b | 05/13/04
Bad News, Good News  issthatso | 05/13/04
Why does this seem like a bad idea?  xshakes | 05/13/04
Yea, VAPOUR RULES! I love Microsoft! Viva la Vapour!  Spin_Masterz | 05/13/04
Yea, VAPOUR RULES------  beepster | 05/24/04
Reaching for the stars is always hard.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/04
Can't copy something that doesn't exist, and may never exist(NT)  Monkey_MCSE | 05/13/04
True, real innovation from open source is only a dream.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/04
And in that dream I saw TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP,...  Zogg | 05/13/04
And they were all prior art to open souce.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/04
A history lesson  Fred Fredrickson | 05/13/04
Ooops... blast  Fred Fredrickson | 05/13/04
They're all "open" protocols.  Zogg | 05/14/04
Don't bother  mabricen | 05/14/04
Re: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP...  B.O.F.H. | 05/13/04
Myth TV  voska | 05/14/04
You IDIOTS have no clue to Open Source  jrbeaman | 05/24/04
the mess is in redmond  stephen732@... | 05/13/04
OK Puma, listen up.  Linux_Developer | 05/13/04
LD  mabricen | 05/14/04
the whole mess can be made better  bigjon | 05/20/04
Reaching for the stars is always hard Part II (the real version)  Jeff Spicoli | 05/13/04
Really? Open Source has something to compare to WinFS?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/04
Don: Really?  bgoss@... | 05/13/04
Re: Really? Open Source has something to compare to WinFS?  none none | 05/13/04
WinFS and other nonsense  michael-t | 05/13/04
Show me a completed version of WinFS  middle of nowhere | 05/14/04
Funny No_Ax it was only a week (or two) ago  Richard Flude | 05/13/04
Correct WTL not WFC  Richard Flude | 05/13/04
It's obvious you haven't a clue what WinFS is trying to do.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/13/04
Examples of cluelessness, please  Richard Flude | 05/13/04
cute rant...  ryusen | 05/13/04
First Technology then the stars  pj-xmesh | 05/13/04
If this were the FIRST time...  Robert Crocker | 05/13/04
RE: Reaching for the stars is always hard.  none none | 05/13/04
Reaching IS hard...  tic swayback | 05/14/04
Unfavorable Opnion  nucrash | 05/14/04
What planet did you come from?  jrbeaman | 05/24/04
Shouldn't you be in school  trojanhorse | 05/14/04
Microsoft is just hiding the true information  Sniper_z | 05/13/04
(NT) Have you been reading 'The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy' ?  Spin_Masterz | 05/13/04
I think he's been reading Mike Cox postings over and over  Monkey_MCSE | 05/13/04
(NT)And just might be the next best thing but not quite him.  Spin_Masterz | 05/13/04
Aha, a new Mike Cox  Linux_Developer | 05/13/04
going to pieces  X41 | 05/13/04
Thumbs Down, here's why:  LinuxLover74 | 05/14/04
Misconceptions  Sniper_z | 05/14/04
You show you have no clue.  jrbeaman | 05/24/04
Actually, here's why.  Sniper_z | 05/14/04
I have to agree with that.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 12/11/04
I've known Mike Cox, Mike Cox is my friend,  Laff | 05/14/04
i wonder if anyone has ever thought about IDMS?  ryusen | 05/13/04
Just a minute...let me jot that down...  Linux_Developer | 05/13/04
unfortunatly....  JoeMama_z | 05/13/04
re: patented?  ryusen | 05/14/04
And sooner/smaller/faster/cheaper/better too.  jrbeaman | 05/24/04
Sounds more like "Extended Attributes" to me ...  GLMarx | 05/14/04
Copland  jaredbkt | 05/13/04
More reading between the lines.  Cardinal_Bill | 05/13/04
Until a few years ago  michael-t | 05/13/04
Oh, oh, the trials of VAPORWARE....  dicktaurus@... | 05/14/04
Don't throw away this opportunity  mabricen | 05/14/04
Longhorn: more hype than substance  Rick_K | 05/14/04
Forget WinFS for now, Indigo is the thing M$ will take the world  Shell_z | 05/14/04
Indigo is the latest swing at Monopoly  Dilbert-Tom | 05/17/04
Your handle should be SHILL not Shell.  jrbeaman | 05/24/04

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