Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 17:51:30 -0700 From: Joe Warner <jswarner@uswest.net> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@Freebsd.org> Cc: chat@Freebsd.org Subject: Re: Microsoft Source (fwd) Message-ID: <3A060092.281BE95F@uswest.net> References: <20001105155818.A92095@citusc17.usc.edu>
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--------------A87A2EF1CE0A1DC95912E4BE Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit LOL!! Seriously, I heard a recent rumor that Microsoft is or has developed it's own version of Linux. Has anybody else heard of this? Cheers Joe Kris Kennaway wrote: > ----- Forwarded message from Dan Browning <danb@cyclonecomputers.com> ----- > > Microsoft Announces Surprise Cooperative Agreement > > In a surprise press conference made this Friday evening Microsoft CEO > Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft will be releasing the source > code for the upcoming Windows operating system dubbed Whistler. > > "We have already begun work on the project, and have for the past > three months collaborated with a small company of enterprising young > programmers from Russia," said Ballmer in an impromptu press > conference. Ballmer appeared visibly shaken throughout the press > conference, and several times made references to how "skillful the > Russian programmers were", and how Microsoft "[didn't] want to do > anything to threaten [their] relationship with them." > > "We at Microsoft are confident that by allowing peer review of the > already best-selling Windows operating system and Office suite we will > be able to offer our customers a more polished product," continued > Ballmer. "By allowing the Open Source community [or "hackers"] access > to the Windows source code, we will be able to ensure that the > operating system ships with even better security than that which you > have already come to expect from Microsoft." > > In what is perhaps a policy-changing move, Microsoft has worked with > the Russian programmers to remove bugs and fix security problems > before releasing the code for scrutiny to the Open Source community. > It is yet unknown whether this change in policy will include release > of source code for previous versions of Microsoft products, or whether > this will have any bearing on the Justice Department decision to split > Microsoft into two separate companies. > > Posted on Fri 27 Oct 11:50:00 2000 PDT > Written by Eugene <eugene_v@yahoo.com> > > --- > > Shamelessly plagiarized from Segfault > (http://segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=39f9cdfd-08ab7ae0). > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature -- FreeBSD = The Power to Serve ..Simply put = FreeBSD Rocks! --------------A87A2EF1CE0A1DC95912E4BE Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> LOL!! <p>Seriously, I heard a recent rumor that Microsoft is or has <br>developed it's own version of Linux. Has anybody else <br>heard of this? <p>Cheers <p>Joe <br> <p>Kris Kennaway wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>----- Forwarded message from Dan Browning <danb@cyclonecomputers.com> ----- <p>Microsoft Announces Surprise Cooperative Agreement <p>In a surprise press conference made this Friday evening Microsoft CEO <br>Steve Ballmer announced that Microsoft will be releasing the source <br>code for the upcoming Windows operating system dubbed Whistler. <p>"We have already begun work on the project, and have for the past <br>three months collaborated with a small company of enterprising young <br>programmers from Russia," said Ballmer in an impromptu press <br>conference. Ballmer appeared visibly shaken throughout the press <br>conference, and several times made references to how "skillful the <br>Russian programmers were", and how Microsoft "[didn't] want to do <br>anything to threaten [their] relationship with them." <p>"We at Microsoft are confident that by allowing peer review of the <br>already best-selling Windows operating system and Office suite we will <br>be able to offer our customers a more polished product," continued <br>Ballmer. "By allowing the Open Source community [or "hackers"] access <br>to the Windows source code, we will be able to ensure that the <br>operating system ships with even better security than that which you <br>have already come to expect from Microsoft." <p>In what is perhaps a policy-changing move, Microsoft has worked with <br>the Russian programmers to remove bugs and fix security problems <br>before releasing the code for scrutiny to the Open Source community. <br>It is yet unknown whether this change in policy will include release <br>of source code for previous versions of Microsoft products, or whether <br>this will have any bearing on the Justice Department decision to split <br>Microsoft into two separate companies. <p>Posted on Fri 27 Oct 11:50:00 2000 PDT <br>Written by Eugene <eugene_v@yahoo.com> <p>--- <p>Shamelessly plagiarized from Segfault <br>(<a href="http://segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=39f9cdfd-08ab7ae0">http://segfault.org/story.phtml?mode=2&id=39f9cdfd-08ab7ae0</a>). <p>----- End forwarded message ----- <p> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br> Part 1.2Type: application/pgp-signature</blockquote> <p>-- <p> FreeBSD = The Power to Serve <br> ..Simply put = FreeBSD Rocks! <br> </html> --------------A87A2EF1CE0A1DC95912E4BE-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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