Long Live Closed-Source Software!
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| Open wisdom-of-crowds software movements have become influential, but they
| haven't promoted the kind of radical creativity I love most in computer
| science. If anything, they've been hindrances. Some of the youngest,
| brightest minds have been trapped in a 1970s intellectual framework because
| they are hypnotized into accepting old software designs as if they were facts
| of nature. Linux is a superbly polished copy of an antique, shinier than the
| original, perhaps, but still defined by it.
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http://discovermagazine.com/2007/dec/long-live-closed-source-software/
FUD. Debunked by Gates below.
"Linux is a very complete and sophisticated operating system."
--Paul Maritz, Microsoft
Related:
NT influenced by Unix
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| (Gates:) "And through Windows NT, you can see it throughout the design.
| In a weak sense, it is a form of Unix. There are so many of the
| design decisions that have been influenced by that environment. And
| that's no accident."
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| In light of the recent saber rattling about Linux and patents, the "There
| are so many of the design decisions that have been influenced by that
| environment" sentence is particularly interesting if these patent
| threats include things that are prior Unix art. "In a weak sense, it
| is a form of Unix" is also telling. I said before that I don't think
| that's the case; I think the patent stuff is talking about things like
| Samba and Mono, but even there the "influenced by that environment"
| could be important in the court of public opinion if not in actual
| law.
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http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/gates_quote.html
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