[Am-info] Re: MS and source code

[madodel@ptdprolog.net]

Maybe there are still comments in there from when they stole DOS from DR?

Mark

In <200202172035.MAA19908@www.az.com>, on 02/17/02 at 12:28 PM,
   sturde@az.com said:

>According to our local newspaper, the Judge is forcing MS to release its
>source code because of the tying or is it bundling issue.  So so much to
>you naysayers.  The paper further stated that MS in its court papers has
>contended (I paraphrase liberally) that civilization as we know it will
>end if it is compelled to release its source code.  In fact, release of
>the source code might destroy MS. HEAVENS FORBID!!!!!! What does MS know
>that we do not know?  MS destroyed if is releases its source code.  It
>must be a far more fragile company than we realized.  Perhaps the Enron
>analogy is not far fetched.

>James Sturdevant
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