show us the code
 

A challange to MS http://showusthecode.com/index.htm

Could we also get MS to run fuzzy hashing against their source and against GNU/linux code. I wonder how much GLP'd code is in MS.

Thanks for the link. That's an excellent response to Baldmer's baseless threats and accusations, exactly what I was hoping for. Micro$haft has thrived far too long on FUD and hype.

A healthy alternative for M$ would be to actually write a good OS. Obviously, they can't!

Love me some bay fishin', Go Terps!

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Proposing Venue for Show Us The Code Deadline
 

Yesterday, I issued an invitation to both the Show Us The Code and Microsoft communities regarding a virtual “sit down” for the May 1, 2007 deadline. Can any of you provide assistance in engaging the right people from the across the Linux community? I'm doing an outreach to enlist support. Setting a "venue" for a show down will make this issue come to a head -- I think in a positive way. Ideas? Please let me know at showusthecode[at]yugma.com


The full text of the letter follows (4-12-2007):

OPEN LETTER TO: Linux Community & Microsoft

My name is Karel Lukas, and I'm the COO at a web collaboration company called Yugma. I've been following the Show Us The Code movement and Microsoft’s position closely, and understand how important this issue is for the future vitality of the Open Source and Linux communities.

As the May 1st deadline approaches, we at Yugma have been wondering what the ultimate conclusion of this debate will be. Will it quietly fizzle out? Will Microsoft continue to press their case and ignore the challenge? As we are approaching the May 1st deadline, we propose that we all collectively drive this debate to a proper conclusion.

Yugma is about to launch our Linux version, which will make our collaboration service interoperable between Linux, Mac, and PC. We think that makes us the perfect platform for hosting a virtual "sit-down" between the Show Us The Code movement and Microsoft on the day of the deadline.

For this event, we are offering to host a live debate between the Show Us The Code group and Microsoft on May 1st. Microsoft can present the alleged offending code live. Leaders from the Linux community can respond. Yugma will record the session and make it available to both parties afterwards for their own distribution. The date, time, and meeting information follows:

Date/Time: May 1, 2007 at 12:00 Noon Pacific Time
Place: yugma.com (click Join Session button)
Teleconference Bridge: US +1 2184863889 Call
Yugma Session ID: 109-433-046

We think Yugma would be a great venue for educating more people (and the Tech press) about the Show Us The Code movement as well as Microsoft’s position. We are in the process of contacting key contacts within both organizations to identify the key participants for the event. Likewise, key contacts from the Linux community and from Microsoft can contact us at showusthecode[at]yugma.com. We will be exhibiting at the Web 2.0 Conference in San Francisco April 16-18. If any of you will be there, please stop by the Yugma booth and we can discuss in person (booth #322).

I'm getting server not found, when I go to http://showusthecode.com/

Works for me.