Microsoft releases Windows CE code

They must really be desperate. (: I wonder if they realize that they just endorsed Open-Source Software, yet again! Thanks Microsoft.

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Microsoft releases Windows CE code]

By CNET News.com Staff
July 23, 2001, 8:10 a.m. PT
Microsoft has made the source code of its Windows CE 3.0 embedded operating system available to developers in a bid to compete with the "open source" software development model that has become popular in recent years.

Open source software, such as the popular Linux operating system kernel, typically allows users to modify the underlying code to suit their own needs and to redistribute the altered software, as long as the changes are made available freely to the development community.

Microsoft, which has compared some open-source licenses, particularly the GNU General Public License, to a "cancer," is championing its own "Shared Source License." This allows developers to change its source code but not to distribute the altered code for commercial purposes.

Post #2,644 by brettj 7/23/01 12:02:42 PM Reply	Microsoft releases Windows CE code They must really be desperate. (: I wonder if they realize that they just endorsed Open-Source Software, yet again! Thanks Microsoft. [link\|http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6644844.html?tag=mn_hd\| Microsoft releases Windows CE code] By CNET News.com Staff July 23, 2001, 8:10 a.m. PT Microsoft has made the source code of its Windows CE 3.0 embedded operating system available to developers in a bid to compete with the "open source" software development model that has become popular in recent years. Open source software, such as the popular Linux operating system kernel, typically allows users to modify the underlying code to suit their own needs and to redistribute the altered software, as long as the changes are made available freely to the development community. Microsoft, which has compared some open-source licenses, particularly the GNU General Public License, to a "cancer," is championing its own "Shared Source License." This allows developers to change its source code but not to distribute the altered code for commercial purposes.
Post #2,647 by Andrew Grygus 7/23/01 12:21:01 PM Reply	"Some" of the Windows CE source code [link\|www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #2,791 by a6l6e6x 7/25/01 12:15:34 PM Reply	Not to mention associated conditions of use. Alex This is my sig. There's another almost like it, but this one is mine.

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