In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Jim
<james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:27:59 GMT
<j0p2h.27070$gO3.26930@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> The Ghost In The Machine came up with this when s/he headbutted the keyboard
> a moment ago in comp.os.linux.advocacy:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
>> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:55:32 +0000
>> <29806973.1xPRSgBWJr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> What's it got to hide?
>>
>> Microsoft's profit margins? :-)
>>
>>>
>>> Vista licensing also limits benchmarking
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | License transfers aren't the only thing the End User License Agreement
>>> | (EULA) for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista OS limits. The license
>>> | also puts restrictions on how benchmarks of certain components of
>>> | the OS can be published, another issue that is raising eyebrows as
>>> | Microsoft still has not clarified how changes will specifically
>>> | affect users.
>>> |
>>> | According to the Vista EULA, because the OS contains "one or more
>>> | components" of the .Net Framework 3.0, users can conduct internal
>>> | benchmarking of those components, but can't disclose the results
>>> | of those benchmarks -- or measurements to compare rival products
>>> | -- unless they comply with conditions found at a Microsoft Web
>>> | site.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2218/061101vistalicense/index.html
>>>
>>> Rex said this before, but the trolls begged to differ.
>>>
>>> It's like a country whose regime shuns the election process. Oh, wait.
>>> Microsoft is a totality, so it's not news.
>>
>> Maybe not as totalitarian as they'd like; see
>>
>>
> http://news.com.com/Microsoft+releases+Windows+CE+code/2100-1040_3-270360.html
>>
>> Granted, it's 5-6 years late, three versions behind, and
>> it's Windows CE, but it's a start. Maybe we can get them
>> into the habit...
>>
>> Of course they're using their own "Shared Source License",
>> so don't expect miracles.
>>
>
> I reckon that's a honeypot so they can start suing GPL programmers. "They
> stole our code!"
Ew. A thought, indeed a thought -- assuming there's anything
that's worth stealing at this point; WinE is in excellent shape
as it is.
It turns out there might be a WinCE 6 source code
base out there as well, so I may have misspoken above.
However, I can't say I've found it yet and at this point
I'm trying to get Eclipse 3.2 running (it works, but now
I'm waiting to download everything but the kitchen sink
since I inadvertantly selected "download everything" --
and for some reason I have a faster download at my DSL at
home than at the office :-) ).
The neat thing is: I can download Eclipse source from Dillo.
I probably could download it from Lynx as well. Kudos to them
for supporting Any Browser(tm).
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