Teemu Schaabl wrote:
Ya.. Try to picture that. You would see Microsoft using tools design for
open source project on what they call their flag ship wonderful OS
I guess you mean "designed for open source project" .. what does that mean?
I don't think coverity designed their products for "open source projects" ..
Not that Coverity does design for Open Source. But DHS started this and
said it was fro checking bugs in "Open Source Projects" and give a grant
to Coverity, one of the three to help in that.
I guess you try to pick apart my writing and that's fair, but the idea I
was expressing was this. Let say I am working for Microsoft, then people
ask me about this DHS stuff, or it get some press, what ever. Instead of
giving credit to some "Open Source Project" for the great work they have
done over many years, I try to play it down obviously and said, well, we
at Microsoft, we do not use tools design for "Open Source Project" we
are better then that, we have our own tools and we use that. I guess we
are getting in politics something that would never end, so I will let it go.
I guess you didn't see the sarcasm in my comments from a Microsoft
representative point of view. Wouldn't you think the would actually
react that way if they were ever asked why not also extend it to their
software?
Coverity makes great products that have proven themselves over time and
if my comments were taking as restricting their doing, then I should
apologized for that as it sure wasn't!
I only picture Microsoft by their own doing and various announcements
and press releases where every time they are playing down the "Open
Source Projects" as been bad for everyone and trying to convince who
ever want to listen to stay away from it, so I guess I can't imagine
them announce that they use the same product in house to check their own
software as what is use for checking the evil "Open Source" one. If they
were doing that, then they would simply admit that they are not any better.
Anyway, we are getting way out of the subject now, so I should leave it
alone.
I guess my sarcasm is not well written yet and I still need to work on
it! (:>
Daniel
