By bloid
via weblogs.asp.net
Published: May 03 2007 / 01:29
I've suggested a few times that Microsoft could go beyond just cooperating with the open source community and actually ship open source code. For instance, Paint.NET is a great alternative to MS Paint, so not just bundle it? Tonight I had a very long conversation with someone who is in a position to really understand both Microsoft and open source. Now I understand why my suggestion - though well intentioned - was hopelessly naive.
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Comments
jnbek replied ago:
I don't see why M$ can't ship an open source application, all they have to do is provide access to its source code, for crying out loud, and give the author credit. It's not that complicated. The fact is M$ just has some retarded fear against releasing source code, even if it's someone else's who's given permission for that source code to be distributed. This is just stupid..
Mihai Campean replied ago:
Oh, I'm voting this up! Yes, let everybody see how Microsoft continues to spread their FUD... As the people commenting the post said: How can Google, IBM, Sun and the other can do it? Do they have 2 pairs of balls if they're not afraid they'll be targets to malicious lawsuits? I think not, Microsoft just doesn't have any :).
Maybe I'm just dumb, but there's one thing I still don't get in that post: Why can't they release GPL code?
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