On Thu, 3 May 2001 14:57:11 -0700, "Ian Murray" forwarded: > > http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/03/technology/03SOFT.html > May 3, 2001 > > Microsoft Is Set to Be Top Foe of Free Code > By JOHN MARKOFF > > SAN FRANCISCO, May 2 - Microsoft is preparing a broad campaign > countering the movement to give away and share software code, > arguing that it potentially undermines the intellectual property of > countries and companies. the argument herein is basically the same one bill gates used in his notorious letter to altair computer owners in 1976, except that he also included the premise that since altair computers were not networked, they should not adopt the free code environment of networked computers. (i guess they had to drop that one...) > At the same time, the company is acknowledging that it is feeling > pressure from the freely shared alternatives to its commercial > software. couldn't happen to a more deserving monopoly... > In a speech defending Microsoft's business model, to be given on > Thursday at the Stern School of Business at New York University, > Craig Mundie, a senior vice president at Microsoft and one of its > software strategists, will argue that the company already follows > the best attributes of the open-source model by sharing the > original programmer's instructions, or source code, more widely > than is generally realized. bullshit -- unless it is admitting that it shares it's source code with the nsa. every developer knows how impossible it is to ms's inner code base... > The speech is part of an effort by Microsoft to raise questions > about the limits of innovation inherent in the open-source approach > and to suggest that companies adopting the approach are putting > their intellectual property at risk. FUD! preach it, babbeee!!! > "I would challenge you," he said, "to find a company who is a large > established enterprise, who at the end of the day would throw all > of its intellectual property into the open-source category." more FUD. i guess this is all that microsoft sells nowadays... ac ''' (0 0) ----oOO----(_)---------- | the geek shall | | inherit the earth | -----------------oOO---- |__|__| || || ooO Ooo ------------------------------------------------------------ FREE EMAIL from AUSI at http://ausi.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - advertisement - - - - - - Limited Time Offer: FREE Products! Pay only shipping and handling. Get FREE Software, CDR's, Cellular Accessories, Videos, DVD's, Music, Injet Refills and much more. Only when you click here now - - > http://www.free-irewards.com/cgi-bin/bmb2