For that matter check out Linus' repost...
http://web.siliconvalley.com/content/sv/2001/05/03/opinion/dgillmor/weblog/torvalds.htm
regards,
:-Derm0
adam beecher (adam at iewebs.com):
> I've never met Alan Cox, but you gotta love the guy when he comes out with
> lines like:
>> "So is 'Microsoft Shared Source' a failed attempt at Open Source? Not
> really. In fact it is a demonstration of how far Microsoft are from grasping
> the entire concept of Open Source. IBM were providing source code in the
> 1960's under similar terms. VMS source code was available under limited
> licenses to customers from the beginning. Microsoft are catching up with
> 1960."
>>http://www2.usermagnet.com/cox/index.html>> BTW, if any Red Hat lurkers are paying attention, Wide Open is dead as a
> dodo.
>> adam
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"Don't make me come down there!" :-God
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