Ms to release more sources ..

[civ1492]

http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,...a=23968,00.asp
MS plans to release the smb protocol and others.

Dont know if this is good or bad, but its not really a decision by Ms but rather forced by the European Commission

[Schotty]

OpenWindows2000 Professional!!!!

[civ1492]

OpenWindows2000 Professional!!!!

hmm if it really will be released under the gpl then i think this will be also good for linux ..

[Killer_Penguin]

Wow, smb protocol released to open source will definatly be a big boom for linux. Allowing Samba and other projects to integrate further into an MS environment will only make linux a more popular alternative...

"This is a very exciting time!"

^ where is that from? Who gets the cookie?

[Schotty]

My comment was a joke (obviously) , but moreso at the fact that open anything is as anti-M$ policy as it gets ...

Would be funny though, if someone reverse engineered the OS and put it online !! *Hahaha

[cga]

What happened to M$'s official "No Open Source", "Open Source is bad" policy?

Surely M$ did not lie about it... ??? :

[Killer_Penguin]

What happened to M$'s official "No Open Source", "Open Source is bad" policy?

Surely M$ did not lie about it... ??? :

Who knows, maybe it went the way of the "nobody should ever need more than 640K of memory"..... ;D

[Ashcrow]

Is this a FSF or OSI approved license that they are releasing source under or is it the shared source crap that they have been trying to push.

[t048]

MS is starting to scare me. Its just all of these little baby steps that look harmless, but after a while, they'll add up.

[airhead]

Is it just me or was there talk a while ago of MS considering getting rid of the smb protocol in upcoming versions on Doze? I remember it caused a real stink but I'm not sure if they decided to stick with that idea or not. Does anyone know anything more about it?