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microsoft open source
microsoft should open source, IE, Win 9x/ME and XP, windows explorer, calculator, wordpad and notepad, snipping tool and windows media player
microsoft open source
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in these days none of these software makes money for microsoft
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Yeah, sure. Then we had a situation something like in Linux already is: A Windows (Linux) core and tens of slightly different Windows (Linux) distros. Winbuntu users bashing WinMint users, WinDebi users not able to assist WinDriva users and so on.
Should the steering wheel be removed from all cars because automakers make no money in selling steering wheels?
Of course they make money for Microsoft, simply by being built-in native integral tools in the operating system they sell. A stripped to core Windows would be quite harder to sell.Last edited by Kari; 19 Mar 2014 at 08:07. Reason: Typo
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You'd probably be surprised to know allot of people don't know where the accessories folder is
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We should all be thankful that Microsoft has no intentions of doing this. For large numbers of individuals and organizations with malicious intent this would be a dream come true. It would make their job so much easier.microsoft should open source, IE, Win 9x/ME and XP, windows explorer, calculator, wordpad and notepad, snipping tool and windows media player
In any event, Microsoft could not release this code even if they wanted to. There is substantial code in these products that was written by third parties and used under license. Releasing this code would be a violation of the license terms and a source of numerous expensive lawsuits.
And there is much more.
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