I highly doubt that MS will ever make Windows open source. Although they have had to release part of the source b/c of court obligations, I doubt they will do it willingly. It would allow the virus/spyware makers to go nuts and would make it VERY easy for projects like WINE to emulate every part of Windows (instead of the 80% it is at right now).
Just my .02$ though ;) _____________________________________ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 16:10:33 -0400 >Microsoft's big moneymaker is Office. They also make a good margin on >SQL, Exchange, etc. > >The desktop market is a drop in the bucket compared to their server side >stuff. I have no doubt that in 5 years, after Linux and OSX become more >prevalent in the market, that Microsoft will make Windows shared/open >source. > >FORC5 wrote: >> your point ? >:-} must be working, they are. >> >> I would like to know what Dell and others pay per year for unlimited >> installs, I'm positive they do not pay per unit. >> fp >> >> At 10:18 AM 10/5/2006, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: >>> Yeah, MS is getting rich on the $10-20 it charges Dell for that OEM cd key. >>> >>> Thane Sherrington wrote: >>> >>>> That's fair. MS makes most of the money on a Windows OS sale, yet >>>> offloads more and more of the work to it's so called "partners." Don't >>>> they understand that if they make it painful enough to sell Windows, >>>> they'll force resellers to sell Linux and OSX? >> >
