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This is open source in the sense that people have access to source code which they can use in development.

No, they can't use it in development. That's exactly the point. They can't modify it, they can't compile it. They can't even build binaries from it to verify that the source that they have actually corresponds to the binaries that they are running.

They also can't "use (it) in development" because anything that they develop based on it belongs to Microsoft by contract (work for hire).

That last, by the way, rather contradicts your "people who value" comment -- the only people whose work is valued under "Shared Source" are Microsoft, everyone else works for free.
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Truth in Advertising  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/23/05
Exactly--should have read "Microsoft mulling SHARED source database  Jeff Spicoli | 02/23/05
Correct!  alterego_z | 02/23/05
So turn the tables on them  Michael Kelly | 02/23/05
Not me  alterego_z | 02/23/05
N/T Good point there alterego  eulagree | 02/23/05
That's another issue altogether  Michael Kelly | 02/23/05
And that differs from  IT Scion | 02/23/05
Dipping their what?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/23/05
You're right bad choice of words.  IT Scion | 02/24/05
Agreed  seosamh_z | 02/23/05
MS never said Open Source  NonZealot | 02/23/05
Yes  Michael Kelly | 02/23/05
So, FireFox isn't really open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/23/05
Well....  nucrash | 02/23/05
Open source? Yes.  Michael Kelly | 02/23/05
Really grasping at straws  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/23/05
??????  AmusedAtItAll | 02/23/05
Blah, blah, blah... At least you agree to the facts.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/24/05
So your wife had kittens....  Mack DaNife | 02/24/05
Spell checkers and editing  quietkey | 02/23/05
WOW...  eulagree | 02/23/05
shared source != open source  Chad_z | 02/23/05
Chad...  eulagree | 02/23/05
We know  seosamh_z | 02/23/05
yes  Jeff Spicoli | 02/23/05
Too true  Jeff Spicoli | 02/23/05
This is open source...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/23/05
Shared source not  Linux User 147560 | 02/23/05
Semantic gobbledygook  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/23/05
No  Jeff Spicoli | 02/24/05
But...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/25/05
Nope  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/24/05
Missing the point...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/25/05
I'm all right, Jack  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/25/05
Open source comes under many licenses.  B.O.F.H. | 02/23/05
BOFH, for once we agree...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/24/05
RE: This is open source...  Kaiwai | 02/24/05
Con job?  NonZealot | 02/24/05
Can I compile this "shared source" code?  whisperycat | 02/24/05
So what...  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/25/05
But isn't this a little...  Mack DaNife | 02/24/05
Why hypocrisy  John Carroll ZDNet Moderator | 02/25/05
MSKerberos  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/25/05
Spot on John.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/24/05
No Axe deliberately ignores the facts in order to make a "point"  whisperycat | 02/24/05
No, it is you that refuses to look at he facts.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/24/05
As a matter of fact, yes  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/24/05
Please pay attention John....  brendthess | 02/24/05
All disruptive tactics  Wagadonga | 02/24/05
Shhh  rapson | 02/24/05
ROFLMAO (nt)  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/24/05
Well, I notice  Yagotta B. Kidding | 02/24/05

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