On Thu, 4 May 2000, David Schwartz wrote:
>
> > If Windows' source were opened, Microsoft could find itself in a situation
> > in which, in some areas at least, they are slower to improve Windows than
> > others are. That would be a little scary for Microsoft, and perhaps quite
> > good for the competition (hence the relevance) but it would have no real
> > effect on Microsoft's ability to maintain a monopoly, so yes, it isn't
> > exactly an appropriate action to take.
>
> It would also leave us with only one useful, stable (in the API sense)
> platform for x86 servers -- Solaris. Do you really want that?
Erm - they were talking about publishing the source to Windows, not
destroying it! At the user level, Linux isn't too unstable either, IMHO...
James.
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