<OT> Micro$oft to license source code

[Bill Campbell]

On Thu, Jan 26, 2006, HarryG wrote:
>On Wednesday 25 January 2006 08:06 pm, Bill Campbell wrote:
>> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006, Rick Sivernell wrote:
>> >On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:40:31 -0500
>> >
>> >HarryG <hg57 at sc.rr.com> wrote:
>> >> http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06025/644032.stm
>> >>
>> >> Guess we will see what happens.  Personally, I think they will squirm
>> >> out of it somehow.
>> >>
>> >> Harry G
>> >
>> >Another reason MS does not want outsiders seeing there code, If you saw
>> > it, you would puke your guts at had badly written it is. They do not
>> > follow their own guide lines.
>>
>> I've never seen any MS code (that would involve signing an NDA and having
>> my mind permanently polluted :-), but given what one can see from the
>> outside, I have to think it's horrible.
>>
>> I do have a book here in the Microsoft Programming Series that hast to have
>> the funniest title I've seen in years ``Writing Solid Code: Microsoft's
>> Techniques for Developing Bugg-Free C Programs''.
>>
>
>I would assume you found it in the fiction section of your local book store.

Actually I think the copy I saw was donated by Microsoft to the Seattle
Unix Group -- perhaps to provide a touch of humor.

Perhaps the most disappointing book given the title and the author's
potential was Isaac Asimov's ``The Sensuous Dirty Old Man'', written as a
parody of the ``Sensuous Woman''.

Bill
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