Dieter Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8FBS0D80.htm?campaign_id=apn_home_up&chan=db I'm not sure what this will mean, more free software? Microshaft Winblowz Edishun made by angry Linuxers? It won't be the full source code, just a 'significant chunk'. This might be of great importance, but I don't know enough what you could do with windows source. But cheers to MS for 'opening' a bit, albeit under threat by the European Comission's ultimatum. It could've gone horribly wrong, leading MS to just simply boycot Europe. Luckily Europe's market is big enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadKill Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 "Microsoft won't make the entire Windows source code available -- only the portions dealing with communications between servers." Don't get too excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dieter Posted January 25, 2006 Author Share Posted January 25, 2006 Hmmmm but if that bit is released we finally might see easier remote desktop between Linux and Windows.... the only remote desktop software that's ever worked for me okay is the Windows to Windows built-in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 It's a damn good job they didn't release the entire code, imagine the amount of people who could just mess around with it, release dodgy copies on the net or find even more flaws in the OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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