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Windows 2000 Goes OpenSource

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.

See the story here.