Re: One more ZDNet article with BillG hammering Linux and Open Source.
Miles Lane wrote: >http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2777283,00.html > [ . . . ] > >BillG -- We keep making it easier and easier, and anything people want source >code for, we'll figure out a way to get it to them. It's kind of a strange >thing in a way because most commercial customers don't want to recompile >kernels or things like that. But they want to be able to know that things can >be supported. > >We have some very cool tools now where we don't have to ship you the source. >You can debug online, through the Internet. So it means you don't have to get >a bunch of CDs. If you really want it for debugging and patching things, we >can do that through the Internet. That's a real breakthrough in terms of >simple source access. I don't know that anyone has ever asked for the source >code for Word. If they did, we would give it to them. But it's not a typical >request. >- > Hey, Bill, here's my address, can you ship me the full source to Word? ;) -- :__o : -\<, : 0/ 0 --- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
Re: One more ZDNet article with BillG hammering Linux and Open Source.
Miles Lane wrote: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2777283,00.html [ . . . ] BillG -- We keep making it easier and easier, and anything people want source code for, we'll figure out a way to get it to them. It's kind of a strange thing in a way because most commercial customers don't want to recompile kernels or things like that. But they want to be able to know that things can be supported. We have some very cool tools now where we don't have to ship you the source. You can debug online, through the Internet. So it means you don't have to get a bunch of CDs. If you really want it for debugging and patching things, we can do that through the Internet. That's a real breakthrough in terms of simple source access. I don't know that anyone has ever asked for the source code for Word. If they did, we would give it to them. But it's not a typical request. - Hey, Bill, here's my address, can you ship me the full source to Word? ;) -- :__o : -\, : 0/ 0 --- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
RE: One more ZDNet article with BillG hammering Linux and Open Source.
> > simple source access. I don't know that anyone has ever > asked for the source > > code for Word. If they did, we would give it to them. But > it's not a typical > > request. > > So who wants to go ask for the source code to word then? I > mean we have > Bill's word that they will give it to us. If we go and do it, this will be automatically tagged as a "typical annoying request of an lkml subscriber". He only speaks about non-typical request. :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
RE: One more ZDNet article with BillG hammering Linux and Open Source.
simple source access. I don't know that anyone has ever asked for the source code for Word. If they did, we would give it to them. But it's not a typical request. So who wants to go ask for the source code to word then? I mean we have Bill's word that they will give it to us. If we go and do it, this will be automatically tagged as a typical annoying request of an lkml subscriber. He only speaks about non-typical request. :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
