Comments on: An Open Letter to Hob–I mean, Microsoft

By: Ladislaio

Ladislaio — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:21:00 +0000

@Justin – FF code is not GPL’d, it is under the Mozilla Public License, although you may choose to treat it under the GPL or LGPL. I do not know much about the MPL, but I do know that the LGPL allows for linking from closed source stuff, so long as you submit any changes you make to the FF code back to the project. Because of this, they could not just copy paste, but MS COULD link IE to some firefox functions – such as use it’s javascript engine.

@ Top 8 of 8 link thing:
NTFS is a journaled file system.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 20:22:51 +0000

Please donate your old boxes to a church-group or some needy student in these hard times! To comply with the law, and with Microsoft’s leasing policy, you can now replace Microsoft OS with the free (download from the net) Ubuntu OS, which can be set to erase the hard drive of all traces of the “ illegal to give away ” Microsoft system and your private information, before donation! Now, explain to your lucky recipient that all the manuals they will ever need are available for free on the internet! Just ask for them in Google! OpenOffice, which is installed already is plenty adequate for homework assignments and with a little exploring, everything else can work well too! Happy computing!

By: Justin

Justin — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 19:05:11 +0000

It’s perfectly legal for them to C&P FF source code, it’s licensed under the GPL. That’s the point of the GPL. Of course, then they’d be required to release the source of IE as well, but that would be the best thing to happen to the web anyway. It’s a win-win as far as I can see. It’s not like Microsoft makes any money off IE anyway, so there’s no reason for it’s code to remain proprietary.

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:06:01 +0000

Windows has a lot of ground to make up. Extra filesystem support and workspaces would help a lot.

Also, I think copy and pasting code might be illegal. Depending on how FF is licensed, they might be required to give out the source.

Of course, they could just build their FF interface and package that with Windows. And save a whole lot of effort.

By: The Top 8 of ‘08

The Top 8 of ‘08 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:59:46 +0000

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By: Randy James

Randy James — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 17:47:29 +0000

From somebody that didn’t know squat about linux – and still doesn’t. I never thought I’d be using Linux on a regular basis. I don’t see why I should keep Windows. I’ve been virus/spyware/malware(allthatcrap)-free for over 2 years and I still don’t need to know anything about Linux.

Linux is getting easier and better with age-Microsoft, watch out!

By: My Last Whine about Google Chrome

My Last Whine about Google Chrome — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:10:14 +0000

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By: Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:04:53 +0000

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