From:	Rez <rividh DOT minusthispart AT earthlink DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: WARNING: DOS is about to die.
Date:	Wed, 08 Sep 1999 22:46:20 -0700
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Endlisnis wrote:
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > In a nutshell, access to sources doesn't necessarily mean that everybody
> > will want to start their own development based on that source.  Most
> > people will still need binaries, support for solving problems, etc.

Yes. After all 99% of users produce a baffled stare at the mere phrase
"source code".
 
>     I agree with what you say, but I don't think that MS does.  I doubt they
> would every allow any current code to the public without extensive monatary
> compensation.

Considering that M$ still throws a fit if some abandonware site has
Windows 1.0 available for download, I also find it highly doubtful. The
biggest thieves are always the most paranoid of being stolen from. :/

IMO what they and many other companies should do is offer their
old/unsupported software for dl themselves, because after all if someone
tries it and likes it they might BUY an upgrade (free advertising!), and
at worst they lose nothing by doing so and gain much public goodwill
(witness Borland's recent offering of old Turbo C and Pascal versions).

~REZ~

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