After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> Our Linux Strategy
> VinodV
> 5/19/99
>
> Microsoft Confidential; ?? 1999, All Rights Reserved Do Not Forward without
> Approval from Author.
>
> 3. Embrace Open Source: Publish NT Source -- release NT source code under a
> license similar to Sun???s community source license
>
> Pros: Try to capture Linux???s evangelization benefits by publishing NT source
> Cons: ISVs getting hooked on undocumented API???s, support costs, etc.
> Fatal Flaw:
> - Microsoft is an IP company. Like the rest of the software industry, >90% of
> our IP valuation stems from Trade Secrecy of the source code. Open Source is
> mutually exclusive with Trade Secrecy. Th~s plan would instantly make the
> various Win32 clones (e.g. http//www winehq.com) an order of magnitude more
> capable.
No one who has sued Microsoft has done the obvious -- force them to open up
their API fully for competitors to implement. Then at least there would be
pressure to improve Windows, faster.
--
The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what
you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.
-- Mark Twain
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