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Drip... drip... drip...
trickle... trickle... trickle... and flooding... Soon the source will be in the public domain, soon Microsoft will HAVE to compete on merit and quality. Fo soon the source code they covet will be in the open. One person will leak it, maybe more... but it will happen.

The death grip Microsoft has had on it's customer base is about to be loosened even more. Fear of Linux is making them do whatever it takes to prevent Linux and open source from gaining enough of a foot hold in the market... this is only another step to the complete comoditization of computer software, specifically desktop Operating Systems...

drip... drip... drip...
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I'm first!  Confused by religion | 09/19/04
Excuses Excuses  nucrash | 09/20/04
No computer at home?  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
I have several at home...  Confused by religion | 09/20/04
When life loses its meaning and purpose  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
Drip... drip... drip...  Linux User 147560 | 09/19/04
Useless without the ability to reproduce from the buildchain  David Mohring | 09/20/04
ANd yet, so many governments disagree with you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
hmm yes of course  crocd | 09/20/04
And yet, the governments of 60 countries wanted to do security audits.  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04
I want to as well  crocd | 09/20/04
So your point is this is a good thing. I agree.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
Depends if you can change it  crocd | 09/20/04
No you can't change it, that's what open source is for.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
That is not why they are showing the code!  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04
True. So why do they want to see the code?  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
BOFH, a question for you.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
You don't like that someone actually read the article and smacked you?  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04
Unless they can compile it, MS shared source is a sham!  Xunil_Sierutuf | 09/20/04
Stated reasons for this program don't make sense.  Anton Philidor | 09/20/04
Also  michael-t | 09/20/04
ms office code? Only?  michael-t | 09/20/04
Umm, already done.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 09/20/04
This could be only the latest in a loss of faith in Microsoft.  B.O.F.H. | 09/20/04

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