From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Nov 5 19:38:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from inconnu.isu.edu (inconnu.isu.edu [134.50.8.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19B3937B479; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 19:38:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (galt@localhost) by inconnu.isu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA18173; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:38:19 -0700 Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:38:18 -0700 (MST) From: John Galt To: Joe Warner Cc: Kris Kennaway , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft Source (fwd) In-Reply-To: <3A060092.281BE95F@uswest.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org It's called Corel Linux :). Microsoft invested a large chunk of money into non-voting stock when it looked like Corel wasn't long for this world. On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Joe Warner wrote: > LOL!! > > Seriously, I heard a recent rumor that Microsoft is or has > developed it's own version of Linux. Has anybody else > heard of this? > > Cheers > > Joe > > > Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > ----- Forwarded message from Dan Browning ----- > > > > Microsoft Announces Surprise Cooperative Agreement > > > > In a surprise press conference made this Friday evening Microsoft CEO > > Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft will be releasing the source > > code for the upcoming Windows operating system dubbed Whistler. > > > > "We have already begun work on the project, and have for the past > > three months collaborated with a small company of enterprising young > > programmers from Russia," said Ballmer in an impromptu press > > conference. Ballmer appeared visibly shaken throughout the press > > conference, and several times made references to how "skillful the > > Russian programmers were", and how Microsoft "[didn't] want to do > > anything to threaten [their] relationship with them." > > > > "We at Microsoft are confident that by allowing peer review of the > > already best-selling Windows operating system and Office suite we will > > be able to offer our customers a more polished product," continued > > Ballmer. "By allowing the Open Source community [or "hackers"] access > > to the Windows source code, we will be able to ensure that the > > operating system ships with even better security than that which you > > have already come to expect from Microsoft." > > > > In what is perhaps a policy-changing move, Microsoft has worked with > > the Russian programmers to remove bugs and fix security problems > > before releasing the code for scrutiny to the Open Source community. > > It is yet unknown whether this change in policy will include release > > of source code for previous versions of Microsoft products, or whether > > this will have any bearing on the Justice Department decision to split > > Microsoft into two separate companies. > > > > Posted on Fri 27 Oct 11:50:00 2000 PDT > > Written by Eugene > > > > --- > > > > Shamelessly plagiarized from Segfault > > (http://segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=39f9cdfd-08ab7ae0). > > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature > > -- > > FreeBSD = The Power to Serve > ..Simply put = FreeBSD Rocks! > > -- Armageddon means never having to say you're sorry. Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message