On Sun, 2008-02-24 at 16:45 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan > <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 15:34 -0600, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > On Sat, 2008-02-23 at 12:22 -0600, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > > > On Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Jim Cornette > > > > <fc-cornette@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >>> On the other hand M$ anounced today it would rellease 3,000 pages of its > > > > > >>> Vista and Office code to the public. > > > > > >> Errr... that's 30,000 pages. How fast can you make everything > > > > > >> interoperate perfectly now? > > > > > > > > > > What is the goal for releasing the pages? Improve it, then get sued for > > > > > using the code? > > > > > Or is it because Microsoft is concentrating on gaming and embedded > > > > > devices and expecting others to make it less of a nightmare? > > > > > > > > > > > > Look, I don't know where this rumor came out. I don't think Microsoft > > > > is releasing Vista or Office code, no I think this at all relevant to > > > > Fedora Linux > > > I agree it may not be relevant but I heard Steve Balmer say they were > > > releasing the code. > > > > AFAIK they are releasing *documentation* (including APIs), not code. > > > That's what I've been trying to say. And they are not really releasing > it, they are making available to people willing to PAY for it. It is > NOT free. No, it is free (as in beer) for "non-commercial" use. OTOH, it's unlikely to be as useful as MS would have us believe, see http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080221184924826 poc
