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____/ Homer on Saturday 05 July 2008 00:07 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Robin T Cox spake thusly:
>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>>> Good-bye Windows XP, Hello Open Source?
>>
>> If people choose Windows, then why don't MS prove it by releasing XP
>> as Open Source
>
> As I've postulated before, there's probably too much in there that
> Microsoft does not hold exclusive rights to (Adobe and others), so
> they can't just arbitrarily re-license it, even if they wanted to,
> which of course they don't.
They could try mimicking what Nokia had done with Symbian, but as many people
argued, that would not save them. Linux is well-engineered because
of /process/ and /licence/ (that attracts/ed developers).
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~~ Best of wishes
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