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Post #48,204
by imric
8/5/02 3:40:10 PM
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New No
secret [link|http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-948381.html|APIs or 'protocols'] in Windows, no. MS is 'open', and doesn't use secrets in it's desktop to support it's monopoly.

I hope all the poor deluded dupes that insisted that MS was 'open' and forthcoming in it's APIs reads this.

The Justice Department said it was reviewing the licensing terms for revealing the protocols "to determine whether they are compliant with the terms of the proposed consent decree."


I'll bet. Watch the DoJ actually block this.
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Post #48,258
by ben_tilly
8/5/02 8:26:16 PM
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New How do they choose what not to reveal?
By browsing the Wine source and figuring out what they aren't likely to figure out soon? :-)

Cheers,
Ben
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     No - (imric) - (1) - Aug. 5, 2002, 03:40:10 PM EDT
         How do they choose what not to reveal? - (ben_tilly) - Aug. 5, 2002, 08:26:16 PM EDT

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