On Sat, 08 May 2004 22:40, you wrote: > When is Microsoft going to release the full, non-encumbered specs for > WinML, their Office2003 file specification, for the purpose of > compatibility with OpenOffice.org and AbiWord? > > Has Microsoft ever considered the brownie points it might garner by > releasing under the MIT/X11 license, the Microsoft-owned source code to Win > NT 4.0, Win95, and Office97? > > Is Microsoft going to license its patents that directly affect Mono and > Samba, on the same basis as IBM with Linux? Ie, blanket coverage.
Good questions. I have one for you - why would MS do any of the above? All ethics and ideologies aside - if you were an MS shareholder, would you want them to do any of the above? Brownie points do not always yeild profit, short term or long term. Yuri
