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Looks like maybe they had a decent chance of winning too. It would've
been worth it for the publicity I'd think. Foo. Wimps.

-- CHS

On Thu, 2004-04-08 at 16:38, Dow Hurst wrote:
> A nod toward surviving in a new world?  I agree with Aaron that this is 
> probably one of the least Open Source in philosophy releases or the least 
> impacting they could put out there since it promotes a Windows OS.  Unless, 
> this release could help out Wine and Codeweavers.  However, I bet we see more 
> as MicroSoft starts feeling the pinch.  What do you say that we make a bet? 
> We could have a poll as to how long before MicroSoft loses a 30% increment of 
> it MSOffice market.  Those who pick the right dates contribute money toward an 
> Opensource project of their choosing(can't be your own project). ;)
> 
> We could even do the poll in increments of 10% for OS, Enterprise, and Office 
> categories.  So I could say 3 years and 40% of Exchange lost to MS.
> 
> Fun to brainstorm on this topic!
> Dow
> 
> 
> Keith R. Watson wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Another sysadmin sent me this and I thought the list might like to know 
> > about it considering Microsoft's previous stand on the subject of open 
> > source.
> > 
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5185549.html";>http://news.com.com/2100-7344-5185549.html</a>
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; Microsoft -- facing increasing pressure from open-source competition -- 
&gt; &gt; made a nod to open source fans on Monday. The company &quot;published the 
&gt; &gt; code for one of its products on an open-source software development Web 
&gt; &gt; site late Monday, departing from its hard-line stance against making the 
&gt; &gt; underlying components of its technology available to the general 
&gt; &gt; public,&quot; CNET's News.com reported. &quot;Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft 
&gt; &gt; revealed the code for its Windows Installer XML (WiX) software, a set of 
&gt; &gt; tools used to build installation packages for the company's Windows 
&gt; &gt; products from XML source code. According to the information posted on 
&gt; &gt; the SourceForge site, a resource for open-source collaboration projects, 
&gt; &gt; the actual code Microsoft published supports an environment that 
&gt; &gt; software developers can use for creating Windows setup packages.&quot;
&gt; &gt; . CNET's News.com: Microsoft Airs Tools' Source Code Online
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/";>http://sourceforge.net/projects/wix/</a>
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://wix.sourceforge.net/";>http://wix.sourceforge.net/</a>
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt;    this redirects to
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; <a  rel="nofollow" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/category/4625.aspx";>http://blogs.msdn.com/robmen/category/4625.aspx</a>
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; in shock,
&gt; &gt; keith
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; -------------
&gt; &gt; 
&gt; &gt; Keith R. Watson                        GTRI/ITD
&gt; &gt; Systems Support Specialist III         Georgia Tech Research Institute
&gt; &gt; keith.watson at gtri.gatech.edu           Atlanta, GA  30332-0816
&gt; &gt; 404-894-0836
&gt; &gt; 
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