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The Microsoft "Community"
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:17 am
by clem
It turns out Microsoft too have a community of volunteers and as you can see (read below) the company likes to maintain a really "close" relationship with them:
http://www.theregister.com/2007/06/05/m ... p_threats/
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 11:54 am
by civint
But MS doesn't want you supporting Visual Studio Express with your add-ons
re-insert *supporting visual studio express* and replace with *improving the functionality and useability of MS apps*
It just looks like another case of bullying from MS, who won't make a few pennies from the sale of a program that savvy (or cheap) users will download for free from pirtaebay or something.
I understand the MS not liking people making cracks to make their cheapy cheerful versions of software free, but stopping a man who is incorporating extended functionality (from his own code, and open(free) APIs) just seems like a bit of overkill.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:18 pm
by 900i
Clem, I think we should invite him over to Mint, where his Developer skills will be mucho appreciated by the Open Source Community.
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:31 pm
by kanishka
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 4:03 pm
by clem
900i wrote:Clem, I think we should invite him over to Mint, where his Developer skills will be mucho appreciated by the Open Source Community.
He's probably moved to some other operating system already, after Microsoft gently invited him to get lost...
Clem
Never
Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:04 am
by Benny
I will never use a distro how makes deals whit microsoft
It's all bad for Linux