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Solve : Are Open Source Violations Lurking in Your Code?? |
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Answer» IT organizations that feel safe from open source licensing VIOLATIONS might be wise to check their code, as open source components are rapidly seeping into applications by way of offshore and in-house developers taking open source shortcuts, as well as a growing population of open source-savvy grads entering the workforce... In a few years XP and Vista and all the other OSs will be open source.... On what do you base this conjecture?he probably meant to say newer versions of windows... but he's already stated Microsoft's vigilant lookout for Open Source code getting in, so I think he's already squelched his own argument. a Little bit off-topic, but if you examine the DLL files and such with DUMPBIN or a similiar tool, one can find where they were originally compiled. I haven't done it in a while, but I remember discovering that Windows 98's system files where originally compiled to an R: drive back in Redmond.Quote DUMPBIN or a similiar tool, one can find where they were originally compiled. I haven't done it in a while, but I remember discovering that Windows 98's system files where originally compiled to an R: drive back in Redmond. Very nice! I'm not as well-informed as some, but I've seen nothing to indicate that Microsoft intends to abandon their "CLOSED source" architecture. I OBVIOUSLY don't understand their cost structures, but I've often thought that if they wanted to "kill" Linux (or at least seriously hamper it) they should sell their software at really REDUCED prices. |
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