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- From: philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara)
- Subject: Re: FCC will proclaim Microsoft is run by Communists! : )
- Message-ID: <1993Jan01.191213.9963@microsoft.com>
- Date: 01 Jan 93 19:12:13 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corporation
- References: <1992Dec29.194318.27886@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> <1992Dec31.035545.3621@microsoft.com> <1992Dec31.214648.549@cis.ohio-state.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec31.214648.549@cis.ohio-state.edu> cantor@iguana.cis.ohio-state.edu (scott eric cantor) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec31.035545.3621@microsoft.com> philipla@microsoft.com (Phil Lafornara) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec29.194318.27886@spang.Camosun.BC.CA> dbarker@spang.Camosun.BC.CA (Deryk Barker) writes:
- >>>
- >>>And if the fact that DRDOS's emulation is imperfect because of
- >>>information held back by Mircrosoft?
- >>>
- >>
- >> Oh, this is rich. The only way that DR-DOS could get perfect
- >>MS-DOS emulation is if they had the source code. This source
- >>code wasn't provided to them by Microsoft. Therefore, Microsoft
- >>is a grand evil company for not turning over the hard work of
- >>hundreds of engineers to their competitors.
- >> Makes sense to me.
- >>
- >> -Phil
- >
- > Isn't this the fundamental issue here? Should Microsoft be required,
- >urged, or forced into giving the OS source to other companies for development?
-
- I doubt that even the most hardcore MS-basher would
- say yes to this statement. I may be wrong, though - I'm sure we'll
- find out.
-
-
- >I don't know, frankly. Has Microsoft ever stated, "DOS is an open system that
- >we want to be fully accessible at the source code level"?
-
- Not to the best of my knowledge.
-
-
- > If so, then the
- >anti-MS side has a valid point to make. If not, then it seems clear that it is
- >not entirely unethical for MS App people to talk to OS people.
-
- Check your second sentence and tell me if it says what you meant
- it to say. I find myself in full agreement as it stands.
-
- -Phil
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- Note: Microsoft doesn't even _know_ that these are my opinions. So there.
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