[LUAU] Did Microsoft give up?

[Jim Thompson]

On Feb 21, 2008, at 9:16 AM, Clifton Royston wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 07:20:44AM -1000, NetOpsCenter wrote:
>> Aloha,
>>
>> I just saw on TV news that Micro$oft has announced that it is opening
>> its code for development of its operating system.
>> Does this mean the Open Source Community has proved itself the best  
>> way
>> to go?
>
>  Given that Bill Gates seems to have close financial connections with
> the Saud-funded consortium that has announced its intention to buy up
> SCO, pump $100M into it, and continue its legal battles against Linux,
> Unix, and open source, I'd say not.

Man, I can write that powerpoint slide deck in 30 minutes or less.

> Microsoft's past "open source" licenses have on examination proved to
> be anything but open.

Wait, isn't an Open Source license "open" if OSI says it is?  :-)

> They typically boil down to "sign a whole lot of papers and we'll let
> you see our code, and then ha-ha, you're tainted and we'll sue the
> pants off you if you release any open source code vaguely related to
> what we've opened up."

... If you try to make money with it.