A dirty little secret is that this frequently means that they won't touch it because they wouldn't have anyone else to sue if things go in the toilet.
-----Original Message----- From: John Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 10:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Power of Open Source - Microsoft Warns SEC of Open-Source Threat Maybe they think that if they use open source software as part of their proprietary software that they would have to make their software open. AFAIK, it doesn't matter unless you distribute your software with the OSS stuff embedded (and thus no longer open). If I'm wrong... straighten me out... -jcf ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Troth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 6:27 PM Subject: Re: Power of Open Source - Microsoft Warns SEC of Open-Source Threat > > "The most oft-cited reason given by larger companies > > with 2,000+ employees for not installing Linux is that > > the proprietary nature of the software their companies depends upon > > precludes them from open-source development." > > > > I don't understand the foregoing. > > I don't either. > > -- RMT > >
