RE: MS Open Source Code

[pap <pap@tiac.net>]

There are ways... 

I do wonder if there will ever be a Special Master, though.

-pap

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From: 	Doug Jenkins
Sent: 	Thursday, April 23, 1998 4:38 PM
To: 	Multiple recipients of list AM-INFO
Subject: 	MS Open Source Code

Sorry if you've seen this link on MS releasing source code to public domain, ala linux, apache.

http://www.salonmagazine.com/21st/rose/1998/04/22straight.html?st.ne.fd.mnaw

If that were to happen, it wouldn't be before MS cleans it up big time by removing undocumented or soon-to-be-outdated hooks known only to ms applications groups and by removing code that collects and reports personal info to the "mother ship", etc, etc, not to mention making it look more readable/maintainable  thus making ms programmers look less incompetent. MS would be raked over the coals big-time if the code were released today!

Doug Jenkins
p/a