Desktop platforms Toolkit
Story: Microsoft's draft licence, step by step
Posted by: Trev (Tuesday 22 March 2005, 9:47 AM)
Adam S, despite what you may think, a protocol is not the source code of an application. It is a set of specifications which other developers can use to write software that interoperates with the implementing software.
So you think Microsoft should be able to charge huge royalties and dictate the terms to any operating system that wishes to talk to a Windows machine.
You have much to learn.
Full Talkback thread
Story: Microsoft's draft licence, step by step
-
As usual, a one sided deal to the extreme. Arthur B. -
Excellent article!!
Great digest. Ulrich Hobelmann
-
What a stupidly one-sided view of the entire issue... Anonymous
-
Hi my name mitsu_pit, I'm an Alien, I came all thi... mitsu_pit
-
protocols != applications. Microsoft, in its capa... bobby
-
Mr Anonymous Salesperson: Microsoft wrote tha... Chris Rankin -
Microsoft's behaviour is clearly outrage... Boris -
Sarcasm or reverse psychology, Bori... Chris Rankin
-
The article is too cynical for me to understand it... Anonymous
-
So much for objectivity in reporting..
WTF?
Micros... Adam S
-
So in summary, Adam S, you believe that no-on... Chris Rankin
-
Adam S, despite what you may think, a protocol is... Trev -
it would be an interesting exercise to calcul... Jezter~
-
Looks like Bill Gates is still treating... harry
