[PLUG] Creative writing

Brian Beattie beattie at beattie-home.net
Wed Aug 13 17:39:01 UTC 2003


On Wed, 2003-08-13 at 17:20, Jeff Schwaber wrote:
> > operating system.  Considering the Windows
> > track record, Microsoft should get out of the
> > OS business.
> 
> Really...considering the Windows track record, it's unsurprising that
> everyone has tried to get into the OS business.
> 
> Windows is Microsoft's premiere cash crop. They make money off it like
> Pfizer off Viagra.
> 
> Businesses are designed to make a profit. Windows makes a huge profit.
> Ergo, Windows is good business.
> 
> Honestly, the problem is that no one's managed to get a law requiring
> that all Operating Surfaces (i.e. Internet Explorer as well, as you can
> run a program using it as the backbone) be fully open to outside
> investigation.
> 
> Or better, that all code be fully open.
> 
> No, I do NOT mean open source. I just mean available to view.
> 
> You can take apart a tivo, or a roomba, or any mechanical object, why
> not a piece of software?

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> 
> Jeff
> 
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