From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jun 18 8:51:47 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from imo-r01.mx.aol.com (imo-r01.mx.aol.com [152.163.225.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4E9A737B40C for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 08:51:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Bsdguru@aol.com) Received: from Bsdguru@aol.com by imo-r01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v30.22.) id n.be.161c0b3a (25307) for ; Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:51:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Bsdguru@aol.com Message-ID: Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 11:51:38 EDT Subject: Re: Query: How to tell if Microsoft is using BSD TCP/IP code? To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 139 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a message dated 06/17/2001 2:27:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jkh@osd.bsdi.com writes: > 2. We're not bashing Microsoft here. We're just trying to figure > out if their recently published comments that "Open Source is bad > and inimical to our interests" is really just marketspeak which > contradicts their own engineering position. > > - Jordan It wouldnt contradict their marketing position if they are using BSD code, because they dont make source readily available. Using open source for a commercial product which you modify and customize is not the same as making the source available for others to modify and distribute at will. I dont see how proving the microsoft uses open source code in their product proves that open source is generally good for commercial products or corporate interests. All it proves is that open source has some value as a base for more s, which I dont think that anyone, including Microsoft, disagrees with. Bryan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message