wlie 0 #1 January 15, 2003 Making headlines, Microsoft will be releasing Windows source code to several gov't agencies. Yeehaw! Big deal folks. Their code has been made public a few years back. Digging through our MDSN CD's look what I've found.My other ride is the relative wind. win2000.c.txt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pds 0 #2 January 15, 2003 too funny!namaste, motherfucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #3 January 15, 2003 Shoulda waited until 1 April. "The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
indyz 1 #4 January 15, 2003 Quote Making headlines, Microsoft will be releasing Windows source code to several gov't agencies. This isn't really a surprising move. Linux and other open source software and operating systems have been gaining popularity with governments because, among other things, it is possible to examine the source. I see this as Microsoft's attempt to counter that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Craig 0 #5 January 15, 2003 Funny. There is some funny stuff in MS Flight sim 2002 files. I found some of this when trying for the instrument checkride and kept failing for no apparent reason. I was trying to see if I could find variables and time limits for some menouvers. There is probibally lots more of this but I have yet to look for it. I am not really keen on software language but I figured out that the right hand column was just a discription of the different variables and such... sim.txt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #6 January 15, 2003 Yep... its call commenting Yesterday is history And tomorrow is a mystery Parachutemanuals.com Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skydiverbob 0 #7 January 15, 2003 Wow, I must have missed that section in the MCSE tests I took for Win2K, would have made it so much easier if I'd know those.Who Dares Wins Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wlie 0 #8 January 15, 2003 Most definitely. There's got to be some truth of certain agencies that receive inadequate funding. (Why do you think you receive shitty service?) There are lots of R&D operations that depend solely on grants ++. These guys most certainly don't have cash to burn. And also consider the length of time these places depreciate their stuff. So when their latest greatest piece of hardware from 1992 not longer does the job, they may not have the luxury to conveniently replace them with new ones. The beauty of open source is that it can run on very old hardware. And being open source, you can at least use talent as currency to pay your way. If it weren't for NetBSD and Linux, my IIci and 8500/120 would have been reincarnated into Cypresses hopefully. They've served me well on their original OS, and still serving me well today.My other ride is the relative wind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CrazyIvan 0 #9 January 15, 2003 Actually, Microsucks will release a volume containing the Windows source code and 4 volumes containing ALL THE KNOWN BUGS hehehehe __________________________________________ Blue Skies and May the Force be with you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites