A couple more points: 1) It's good publicity. 2) The tool packages apps for Windows Installer (.msi).
So it doesn't hurt Microsoft to release open the code of this one particular project. They also reap the benefits of Open Source (outside contributions improving the code base). Curtis On Mon April 5 2004 22:15, Andrew Graupe wrote: > What a coincidence... I saw a flock of pigs fly by my window today... > > Makes you wonder. > > On a more serious note, I think Microsoft only releases useless code > that a) they can't make significant amounts of money from and b) could > be programmed, with a small bit of knowhow and work, by the average > developer. > > Shawn wrote: > >http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115547,00.asp > > > >Is hell freezing over? > > > >Shawn > > > >_______________________________________________ > >clug-talk mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca
