I am as certain that Microsoft won't port IE to Linux as I am that
Windows 2000 won't be (under any terms) open source. Not that MS couldn't
release working Linux binaries for IE, they could, but they won't. Hell, I
gather there are already IE binaries for at least one Unix, (propietary,
not open source).
All bets are off should His Honor, Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson
hand down a decision.
On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Thomas J Macauley wrote:
> Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 18:28:03 -0000
> From: Thomas J Macauley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: A question?
>
> > So far, I haven't seen a successful IE port to Linux. We won't
> > either, unless Microsoft does the port or provides the source. Now,
> > that won't happen absent a major change at Microsoft.
> >
>
> Unless I am misunderstanding your comment - not necessarily. Just
> because Linux itself is open source doesn't mean that the applications
> have to be open source. There are plenty of closed source apps for
> Linux.
>
> Now if you are implying that Microsoft can't program and that their
> programs will never be sucessful until they open the source so the
> programming community can fix them - I can go along with that. :-)
>
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