Plus MS has a license from SCO and does not release source code. So even if it does contain direct code its ok.
> From: Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:04:08 +1100 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] copyright breaches - multi user platforms > > <quote who="Nicholas Tomlin"> > >> Is anybody going Microsoft for copying the Unix multi user environment >> with their NT, 2000 server and XP platforms?? I know Unix was first at it, >> 20 plus years ago when I was at Uni... > > The NT platforms were largely based on VMS design (not code), and are wildly > dissimilar to *nix (though there is a POSIX compatibility layer - which is > not really all that compatible - and so on). Drawing any © conclusions > from the fact that two systems provide a similar feature is broken at best > (and surprisingly similar to what SCO were alleging with regards to IBM's > contributions to Linux). There are lots of multi-user operating systems > around, many of them vastly different to NT and *nix platforms... > > Trying to follow the MS conspiracy lines too far will drive you (and every > one who has to listen) up the wall. :-) > > - Jeff > > -- > GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norway http://2004.guadec.org/ > > "People keep asking me why we aren't married, and he says, 'Every time > I am about to ask you, you do something annoying'." - Kate Beckinsale > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
