Okay, maybe not. But I think the reaction from MS pretty
clearly shows you how they think in the Valley of
Mordor Redmond. MS is getting all hysterical about how
people will take the code and write viruses or steal their
deep, ultra-secret way of creating icons. On the other hand,
the Linux kernel code has been available for years and I
don't see anyone using it to write viruses. Instead, people
use it to find bugs and then provide the code to fix
them.
This clearly points out the differences between the two philosophies. While I'm not saying there should be only one way of doing things, nor am I saying there shouldn't be any trade secrets, I am saying releasing the code for Windows 2000 isn't going to end the world as we know it.
