2007/11/18, jonathon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > John wrote: > > > Not exactly something I'd brag about that Microsoft stole its crap from > me. > > It is the things that Microsoft didn't steal that don't work. > > xan > > jonathon
I think Richard Matthew Stallman's point that mathematical algorithms in general, and software algorithms in particular, should not be considered property, «intellectual» or otherwise, is well taken. The problem is not that Microsoft «steals» from others, but rather that it attempts to aggregate as exclusive property that which it has taken from others and that which is produced inside the firm, and attempts - often quite successfully - to intimidate others with claims of «theft». The origins of what works and what does not in MS products are far too complex for me to ravel ; I must leave that task to other, more competent heads.... Henri
