On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 09:31, Andy Sy wrote: > Manny wrote: > > > This whole thread started with the assertion that M$ "embrace" of open > > source was part of the "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy which has > > bene in their playbook for years. It seems pretty obvious nowe that this > > IS the case. > > It is still just as non-obvious right now as when I first read the > copy-pasted E-week article in your message. That MS has an 'embrace > and extend' strategy was never denied. However, you have not offered > an iota of evidence since to back up the assertion that releasing open > source code is /part of said strategy/. > > IE integration/bundling has nothing to do with open source. Neither does > MS' enhancement/extension of open protocols like DNS. The writer whose > article tries to make the tenuous (read: lame) connection between these > two and MS open source doesn't even know what DNS properly stands for.
I think the release of WiX is not to be construed as part of MS' "embrace, extend, extinguish" strategy... I just view it as MS' baby steps to "uncharted waters" of more liberal licenses, which might be to release tiny projects using more or less open source licenses (read: NOT GPL) but in no way open-sourcing the more established projects, nor ensuring interoperability with the rest of the world. In short, the release was just made to gain a little more trust from developers for the windows platform. -- Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it.
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