Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 14:03:41 +0000 From: Sam Eaton <sam@pavilion.net> To: Peter da Silva <peter@taronga.com>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft's Open Source strategy Message-ID: <19981103140341.F15717@pavilion.net> In-Reply-To: <199811031343.HAA11740@bonkers.taronga.com>; from Peter da Silva on Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 07:43:51AM -0600 References: <19981102172140.J354@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.981101235934.5323B-100000@current1.whistle.com>,<Pine.BSF.3.95.981101235934.5323B-100000@current1.whistle.com> <19981103133312.E15717@pavilion.net> <199811031343.HAA11740@bonkers.taronga.com>
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On Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 07:43:51AM -0600, Peter da Silva wrote:
> In article <19981103133312.E15717@pavilion.net>,
> Sam Eaton <sam@pavilion.net> wrote:
> >Doesn't make it an accurate assement of the state of Open Source
> >Software, but it does make it an interesting explanation of MickySofts
> >world view...
>
> It's entirely consistent with Microsoft's observed behaviour. Look at their
> track record with gratuitous file format and protocol changes. Windows
> 2000's Kerberos and DNS support will be subtly incompatible with standard
> Kerberos and DNS, for example...
Oh absolutely, that's what I was trying to say - the halloween document
says a lot more about microsoft than it does about open source...
An interesting question is whether the lack of understanding by
microsoft of various open source projects in any way reflects similar
misconceptions in the wider community. Which brings us back to issues
of PR (and probably moves this thread to advocacy) ;->
Sam.
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