[OT] what if...

[Alma J Wetzker]

M.W. Chang wrote:
> 
> What if Micro$oft suddenly open-sourced all her software products? Would 
> it kill linux instantly, even if Linux products are of better quality 
> than M$ products?
> 
> I suspect it's Micro$oft's defence of her prices and source codes that 
> created a window of opportunity for linux...
> 

Remember Mozilla?  It took quite a while to get that code into OSS acceptable 
shape.  Micro$oft has a significantly larger code base and likely has poorer 
code.  Releasing the code may hurt linux, but I doubt it.

     -- Alma