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May 24th, 2004, 02:38 AM
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Re: Does SEIV run on XP????
Mephisto, you do not have to release ANY code you write under GPL/GNU to be able to use it with or on Linux. All you can not do is claim that actual Linux code is yours. But everything you write can be as closed source as you want it to be.
The case with SCO is a sham.
If Microsoft was so responsive to customers complaining about bugs, why are there still dozens of unpatched security exploits in their software? Surely large companies have complained about them by now.
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May 24th, 2004, 02:44 AM
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Re: Does SEIV run on XP????
I dream of the day that I can buy a MS product and it be complete, solid, bullet proof, and well MS proof.
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May 24th, 2004, 04:09 AM
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Re: Does SEIV run on XP????
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I dream of the day that I can buy a MS product and it be complete, solid, bullet proof, and well MS proof.
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Part of the impossibility of that is the popularity of it. The more people who have it, the more people there will be chipping away at it, which will always exceed the number of programmers trying to protect it.
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May 24th, 2004, 05:59 AM
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Re: Does SEIV run on XP????
True, but maybe their wouldn't be so many people "chipping away at it" if M$ would just stop trying too be the Evil Empire of the Computer world (you hear the Drum role of Star Wars Music as Darth Vader/Bill Gates enters the room).
Seriously though, why does Bill Gates have too rule the entire Computer world? Isn't part of what makes our contry great in the United States is the limitation of Monopolies?
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May 24th, 2004, 04:10 PM
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Re: Does SEIV run on XP????
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Seriously though, why does Bill Gates have too rule the entire Computer world? Isn't part of what makes our contry great in the United States is the limitation of Monopolies?
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Like anyone else who feels that their way is best. We should be glad he didnt start a cult (or did he?)
I guess the new social rule is that politics, religion, and operating system are not topics for polite company. 
[ May 24, 2004, 15:11: Message edited by: Gandalf Parker ]
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May 24th, 2004, 10:41 PM
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Re: Does SEIV run on XP????
I did not say that you had to release Linux source code. But under the GPL/GNU you have to release the source code of programs you base on open source software itself under the GPL/GNU. You can not make it closed code.
The case with SCO may be a sham but oif your company stands in the line with millions and billions of dollars you might have another few on the issue but to take any risks. Trust me on this one, I work for one of the biggest computer companies on this planet as a lawyer.
And the point is not how fast Microsoft will fix a bug but that they have the money to compensate you and your customer if they screw up big times. If you screw up your customer with open source software you have no one ti mitigate the damage. See my point?
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May 25th, 2004, 04:57 AM
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Re: Does SEIV run on XP????
You only have to release the code of the parts that are open sourced. You can still keep parts of programs entirely written by you closed source.
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