On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, James Spinti wrote: > Just saw this one: > > http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=39258 > > Any informed comments? Informed, no, comments, yes. :) "How did the wunderkind Linux find itself in such a compromising, Microsoft-like position? And how will the community bounce back from these claims of illegitimacy when the very process under which Linux is created fosters and even promotes theft?" What Microsoft-like position does he speak of? Has M$ been accused of code theft? I would also think that the Linux development model would *discourage* theft, as any company can compare the Linux code to the code of their projects.. if there is a problem, a quick post to LKML would probably have that section of the kernel rewritten in a couple days. With closed-source applications, you can steal whatever code you want, and it'd be a whole lot harder to prove. *shrugs* -- Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list