...we would die laughing

Story: What If Windows Went Open Source?Total Replies: 10
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tuxchick2

Aug 29, 2006
9:15 AM EDT
The real reasons they'll never open Windows:

1. way too much misappropriated code 2. way too much really really really bad code

Want a little red wine with that spaghetti?
dcparris

Aug 29, 2006
9:27 AM EDT
Well, I have always said that I would wait for the Debian folks to get hold of it and release a stable branch. I guess that means I won't be using Windows anytime soon. ;-)
cjcox

Aug 29, 2006
9:28 AM EDT
Debian Windows will come out before Windows goes open source.
dinotrac

Aug 29, 2006
9:34 AM EDT
You guys ---

You are SO UNFAIR!!!!

I'll have you know, that Microsoft has already released every non-humiliating line of code in Windows.

As of yet, they don't need an ftp site.

Day could come, though.
dcparris

Aug 29, 2006
9:37 AM EDT
I take it there's no need for mirrors either. What is it, 65k?
jimf

Aug 29, 2006
9:38 AM EDT
> I'll have you know, that Microsoft has already released every non-humiliating line of code in Windows.

You mean all the BSD?
dinotrac

Aug 29, 2006
10:59 AM EDT
jimf -

Nah...the BSD code is pretty humiliating -- to Microsoft.

So far, their repository has a file a with a copyright notice in it....









jimf

Aug 29, 2006
11:02 AM EDT
> the BSD code is pretty humiliating

I know dino, I know :)
dcparris

Aug 29, 2006
7:06 PM EDT
> So far, their repository has a file a with a copyright notice in it....

Well, I guess that makes the file much, much bigger. ;-)
NoDough

Aug 30, 2006
5:29 AM EDT
>Debian Windows will come out before Windows goes open source.<

http://www.reactos.org/
dcparris

Aug 30, 2006
9:08 AM EDT
Yeah. See my editorial comment on the ReactOS story. ;-)

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