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Article #515Re: {OT} Windows source code leaked to the internet
From: Offbreed
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:39
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 05:39
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Lester Horwinkle wrote: > "techie" <none@dontspamme.invalid> wrote in message > news:pan.2004.02.14.17.28.30.956489@dontspamme.invalid... >>By contrast, Windows was developed in secret without all that scutiny, and > in >>the expectation by its developers that their source code would remain > hidden >>from the world. > Just because Windows is a proprietary product doesn't mean it didn't get > scrutiny. Of course it gets scrutinized. However, Linux has a larger development team. More eyes, more people, and more ways of looking at things. > And to imply that MS software developers are less capable than > those who participated in Linux development is just dogma and cliche. I don't see that implication anywhere. I think most of us are well aware that many of the best programmers work at M$. Most of us are also aware of how working in a corporate culture can have it's drawbacks.
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