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Old 01-25-2006, 10:03 AM   #1
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MS opening up


They're finally crumbling under the EC's demands: They've open-sourced the server communication stuff.

And it's in The Register, so it must be true
 
Old 01-25-2006, 10:33 AM   #2
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But remember who their "competition" is. I'm sure there will be some licensing provisions that forbid sharing of code, which means it will probably never see Linux or other open source projects.
 
Old 01-25-2006, 10:59 AM   #3
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Please submit this to our News section, it's certainly not a Linux technical question but threads like these are more suitable in our News forum.
 
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Closing thread in anticipation of the News thread.
 
  


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