Re: The future of Linux

From: Mxsmanic (mxsmanic_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/10/05 

Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 10:37:37 +0200

chris writes:

> So you *are* a friend of Bill - not only did he give you a perfect version
> of Windows, but he also gave you the source code to examine, too!

I don't know that Bill would call me a friend. Having access to source
code doesn't automatically put one in his circle of friends; usually it
is just a business necessity.

> Please share it with all of us.

The source code is proprietary.

> The bits of the Windows kernel that I've seen are spaghetti code of the
> worst kind ...

Which version of Windows were you looking at?

Following the logic suggested by yourself and others here, if you've
seen bits of the Windows kernel, you must be a Microsoft employee and a
friend of Bill.

Non-NT versions of Windows are quite poorly written. NT-based kernels
are very well written. When comparing the code side by side it's very
obvious. 

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