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Microsoft to release Windows source code

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Shoulda waited until 1 April. B|

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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.

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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...

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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.

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