Excerpts from Felipe Tanus's message of 2010-06-07 23:16:51 +0200: > Hi all, > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 3:20 PM, Rafael Correia <rafaelnominato@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The purpose of Microsoft at a Open Source event? Steal code, of course. > > > > -- Rafael Correia > > > > Actually, Microsoft contributes to open source [1]. Including > to Linux kernel, with drivers [2]. I guess we should be thankful for > they spend they time and money helping the kernel. > Personally I don't care what they true intentions are, and > surely they only did this aiming on what any capitalist company would > do, but the fact is that helps Linux as a software. > > [ ]'s > > [1] http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/ > [2] http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/project-detail.aspx?pid=18 I seem to remember that those drivers are really badly maintained. And opensource is a term that can have a broad range of meanings, in the case of microsoft it usually means "You can look at the code, nothing else." -- Regards, Philipp -- "Wir stehen selbst enttäuscht und sehn betroffen / Den Vorhang zu und alle Fragen offen." Bertolt Brecht, Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
