----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Makepeace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: London.pm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 3:09 PM
Subject: Microsoft.FUKT
> ``Microsoft is preparing a broad campaign countering the movement to give
> away and share software code, arguing that it potentially undermines
> the intellectual property of countries and companies. At the same time,
> the company is acknowledging that it is feeling pressure from the
> freely shared alternatives to its commercial software.''
>
> This is great news for people who aren't huge fans of Redmond Empire --
> not only is the spinfo in the article largely wrong (but superficially
> plausible, typical FUD) but there's nothing they can do about it!
> They're in trouble and they know it.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/03/technology/03SOFT.html
>
> user/pass london.pm/london.pm
"Microsoft and one of its software strategists, will argue that the company
already follows the best attributes of the open-source model by sharing the
original programmer's instructions, or source code, more widely than is
generally realized."
I thought that this only counted if you gave the code away on purpose? :-)
