Came across this article today at http://www.fool.com/News/Take/2003/take030115.htm
With governments from various countries switching to Linux, Micro$haft is obviously getting more than a little worried. hehe... Too late, they've missed the potential market in China... too bad... Here's an extract from the article: <extract> Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is going open source, at least for governments that want to inspect its Windows operating system. Through an initiative called the Government Security Program (GSP), the company will give governments and governmental agencies controlled access to Windows' underlying code. For a company that has always zealously guarded its intellectual property, this is significant. Microsoft has opened up its code in the past, to some extent, but this program goes even farther. The software giant will allow governments to review and judge Windows' security for themselves. Access will be free, and participants will actually make changes to the code, if necessary. Most of the changes are expected to be security-related and will vary from agency to agency. In addition, Microsoft will reveal technical documents and provide other support for the program. </extract> The final paragraph being: "By opening up, Microsoft may just end up locking down the governmental software market." - Too late for quite a few governments that have already made the switch I would say. ; ) Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today
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