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From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr>
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Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC writes:

> Maybe companies who support MS or other proprietary software
> can't as they don't have the source.  But support companies that 
> support open source can very easily fix problems -- they have the 
> source and the license to use it

Unfortunately, their fix makes the software non-standard.  You need to
be able to roll fixes into the official release.

-- 
Anthony