Re: Low/No Cost Unix

[Brad Morrison <brad.morrison@sprintparanet.com>]

At 04:33 PM 2/23/98 -0500, Jay Sekora wrote:
>Just a comment:  With an OS where source code is available, a
>sufficiently large or well-motivated organization has the option of
>supporting the OS in-house.  If Microsoft (say) won't fix a bug, you're
>stuck.  With Linux or FreeBSD or whatever, you can fix it yourself.
>(And with Solaris, you could buy a source-code license and do the same
>- does anybody know if Microsoft will sell source-code licenses to
>their OSes?)

Yes, I know.
No, they won't.
Most in-house developers would like more of clue,
But the truth is, they don't.

Wasn't there a joint MS-Sun press conference a couple of months back where
Gates said they'd fully support Java if Sun put it into the public domain,
then McNealy said he'd release Java completely if MS would just release
documentation on their Windoze interfaces?

I think that MS releasing *any* source code--for any price--would be
tantamount to the opening of the seventh seal.
--
"Press to test."
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"Release to detonate."
Brad Morrison: Senior Technical Analyst, Sprint Paranet
"Every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent or greater
benefit."
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