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Post #17,531
by tuberculosis
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11/9/01 2:37:28 PM
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New Bollocks
Software was distributed in source format long before compiled binaries were the norm. There's a reason every Unix shipped with a C compiler you know.

This practice predates PCs by some years.

Open Source (tm) merely tries to codify enforce the tradition of sharing and cooperation via legal means.

Perhaps more apocryphal - Open Source (tm) seeks to prevent what Bill did for his first BASIC interpreter - which was take a public domain implementation, clean it up a bit, and sell it as his own work.

IOW, Open Source has had Bill's personal number for some time.
Post #17,553
by JayMehaffey
11/9/01 4:03:34 PM
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New Re: Bollocks
Notice I didn't say that MS caused open source, rather it turned what was a small group of people into an major movement. A large percentage of the people using Linux at home today did not go with Linux because it's Unix or because it works better. They went to Linux because it's not MS, they went with Open Source because it is the opposite of the practices of MS.

The Open Source movement may have succeeded without MS, but MS certainly had a hand in driving people to it.

Jay
Post #17,613
by tuberculosis
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11/9/01 7:04:42 PM
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New Like everything else - they only popularized it.
Microsoft never invented anything in their lives.
     Bill Gates: "I invented open source" - (Silverlock) - (19) - Nov. 9, 2001, 10:23:52 AM EST
         He is sorta right. - (JayMehaffey) - (4) - Nov. 9, 2001, 11:21:25 AM EST
             Ha! :-) -NT - (Another Scott) - Nov. 9, 2001, 11:28:46 AM EST
             Bollocks - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Nov. 9, 2001, 02:37:28 PM EST
                 Re: Bollocks - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - Nov. 9, 2001, 04:03:34 PM EST
                     Like everything else - they only popularized it. - (tuberculosis) - Nov. 9, 2001, 07:04:42 PM EST
         That is so Clintonesque. - (marlowe) - (10) - Nov. 9, 2001, 11:57:01 AM EST
             But - (JayMehaffey) - (1) - Nov. 9, 2001, 04:04:54 PM EST
                 Which in turn would be: Russian! - (Ashton) - Nov. 9, 2001, 04:56:52 PM EST
             If all you have is a hammer, EVERYTHING looks like a nail... -NT - (jb4) - (7) - Nov. 9, 2001, 05:45:36 PM EST
                 OT: If you're AMD and have a Hammer, it's... - (CRConrad) - (6) - Nov. 12, 2001, 04:47:57 PM EST
                     Re: OT: If you're AMD and have a Hammer, it's... - (jb4) - (5) - Nov. 13, 2001, 08:43:42 AM EST
                         Don't know, but I can guess. - (Another Scott) - (4) - Nov. 13, 2001, 10:30:43 AM EST
                             Wouldn't THAT be cool! -NT - (jb4) - Nov. 13, 2001, 01:46:25 PM EST
                             What AMD Needs - (pwhysall) - (2) - Nov. 14, 2001, 02:25:36 AM EST
                                 What Michael Dell Needs - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 14, 2001, 04:38:40 AM EST
                                     My! Aren't we the potty-mouth today! - (jb4) - Nov. 15, 2001, 02:12:45 PM EST
         Wasn't that an excerpt from his Deposition? >-\ufffd -NT - (jb4) - Nov. 9, 2001, 05:40:37 PM EST
         It's a beautiful piece. - (Another Scott) - (1) - Nov. 9, 2001, 06:19:20 PM EST
             Reminds me of the poor rummy on corner of Turk & Taylor - (Ashton) - Nov. 9, 2001, 06:42:34 PM EST

It's like there's nothing you can do about that joke. It's coming and you just have to stand there.
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