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| Thread ID: 29457 | 2003-01-21 01:33:00 | Microsoft reveals source code to Russia | E.ric (351) | Press F1 |
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| 115590 | 2003-01-21 01:33:00 | I always thought there was a gremlin in my windows operating system news.com.com |
E.ric (351) | ||
| 115591 | 2003-01-21 01:41:00 | > Signing on to Microsoft's Government Security Program will allow > Russia, and any other signatory, to weave its own technology into > Microsoft's Windows platform and adapt Windows to its needs and test > its ability to fend off hackers. Shouldn't that be our right as users? to keep our Operating System secure from external attack? - I could always do with a modded version of Windows :p > With this move, Microsoft aims to strengthen its position in government > markets, where it faces growing competitive pressure from free open- > source software. What about end users who are converting to Open-Source programs? ?:| - or what about businesses like AirNZ which have a Linux mainframe? > To woo governments, Microsoft has said it will make its source code > mainly available to them over the Internet and for free, provided they > do not disclose it. Well they can woo me too if it means I get a look at their source code :p CyberChuck |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 115592 | 2003-01-21 02:41:00 | > With this move, Microsoft aims to strengthen its position in government > markets, where it faces growing competitive pressure from free open-source > software. They're worried.. And with good cause too IMHO!!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 115593 | 2003-01-21 02:52:00 | Here's some more interesting related Linux/Open Source links: news.com.com news.com.com news.com.com news.com.com news.com.com news.com.com And last but not least: news.com.com Interesting eh!? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 115594 | 2003-01-21 03:05:00 | To Russia?????? That has me puzzled, Russia being a popular home for crack and piricy sites and such.... one wonders how long before it is freely availible? .Clueless |
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| 115595 | 2003-01-21 03:13:00 | Well.. What good would it be: Download Now: Cracked Windows 95 Half-Source CODE!!!! BTW - Congrats on the 1K mark!!! Who are we gonna be now eh? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 115596 | 2003-01-21 03:18:00 | Okay, I've just analyzed those links and here are a few of my opinions > Know what your customers want before they do - :: AD from Microsoft Righto - well I want Academic pricing to include College students, also licensing your server range as Academic wouldn't go amiss. While your at it, I would like it, if you stopped in your pallidium and Burning Fix nonsense, and just left that to the music industry - it's their problem to sort out - also, how about a GPL version of windows - even if it's scaled down without all the bells and whistles? - or even of Windows98 considering your not supporting it as of middle of this year. > Top Microsoft executives, including co-founder Bill Gates and Chief > Executive Steve Ballmer, have long derided open-source software as > being everything from a "cancer" to "Pac-Man-like." Ain't Tux Cute? :8} > In May 2001, Senior Vice President Craig Mundie presented a paper in > which he argued that releasing source code into the public domain > is "unhealthy" and causes security risks. "As history has shown, while > this type of model may have a place, it isn't successful in building a > mass market and making powerful, easy-to-use software broadly > accessible to consumers." Well it's great to See Microsoft follow their own advice! :D > Ballmer, during an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times on June 1, > said that "Linux is a cancer that attaches itself in an intellectual > property sense to everything it touches." Clueless - you might wanna get checked for the Linux Cancer here! Intellectial Property? You mean because I've used Linux, it's stealing all my thoughts?? > Microsoft will share the source code underlying its Windows operating > system with several international governments, a move designed to > address concerns about the security of the OS. Wait a minute... didn't Microsoft say that Sharing Source Code/Open Source "is 'unhealthy' and causes security risks"?? - geez! :p, also what about - "isn't successful in building a mass market and making powerful, easy-to-use software broadly accessible to consumers." - Linux has been pretty accessible for me! :D > China is one of about 60 countries eligible for the program [to view MS > Source Code], DanDan said Helloo!!! New Zealands down here.. Yes! here we are! come-on.. Show us the Source Code! Show us the Source Code! > Under a different program called the Shared Source Initiative, Microsoft > already shares Windows source code with governments and companies What about end users?? isn't Windows designed for end users? I'm an End User! > SuSE has convinced some that Linux is worth it, though. Debeka > Insurance in Germany is using SuSE Linux on the desktop, and a > financial company Dyroff declined to name is beginning a 400- to 500 > employee test program, Dyroff said. Good for them :D - I wouldn't mind testing SuSE when I have a machine to spare - infact I plan on having a dedicated Linux test machine > "We are confident that the technical developments and market forces > are in place for it also to become the dominant operating system on > the higher-end servers of the enterprise data center, where mission > critical functions are run and the lion’s share of information technology > spending occurs," said the report, titled "Fear the Penguin" in a > reference to Tux, the Antarctic avian that serves as Linux's mascot. Already implemented with AirNZ > CrossOver Office software lets Microsoft Windows programs run on > Intel-based Linux computers. The $129 product, also will include Sun's > StarOffice package, a competitor to Microsoft Office, Dyroff said Isn't that ironic - you buy a program so you can run Office on your Linux machine, and yet the program comes with a perfectly good Office Suite that's compatible with Microsoft Office documents anyway! Did ya read that all okay? - your not crosseyed or mind boggled or anything? |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 115597 | 2003-01-21 03:21:00 | lmao - that's hilarious | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 115598 | 2003-01-21 03:26:00 | I was semi-serious about getting a GPL version of 98 out - I mean, if Microsoft were to release GPL versions of it's old OS Range (NT Workstation, 3.11, MSDOS 6.11, 95, and NT Server) I'm sure people would use them! - considering MSDOS and 3.11 are already available to download from the internet (not through Microsoft) I don't see why not. I'm actually surprised that I haven't found 95 out there - there's that many cracks, hacks and KeyGens for it, it's not funny! STOP IT LINUX - goddamn that evil OS - it's stealing all my thoughts again :p |
cyberchuck (173) | ||
| 115599 | 2003-01-21 03:29:00 | > To Russia?????? That has me puzzled, Russia being a popular home for > crack and piricy sites and such.... one wonders how long before it is > freely availible? It's Microsoft's new Anti-steal-our-OS-without-paying scheme! - they send it to the Russians, and then the Warez, Cracks, etc owners will find a copy and upload it with all their websites, for people to download. Then, in an attempt to go to WindowsUpdate, your IP Address get's recorded along with your DNA Sequence, Retina Scan and Blood Type for use in the World Domination Database.. oh whoops, I meant the "You-Stole-Our-OS" Database :p |
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