To:	tbird AT caldera DOT com
Cc:	opendos AT delorie DOT com, caldera-opendos AT rim DOT caldera DOT com
References:	<19970919221921 DOT 32290 DOT qmail AT caldera DOT caldera DOT com>
Message-Id:	<AD02n8qOPM@belous.munic.msk.su>
From:	"Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date:	Sat, 20 Sep 1997 03:53:36 +0400 (MSD)
Organization:	Locus
Reply-To:	ark AT mos DOT ru
Subject:	Re: For Sale or For Free: The Debate Continues
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MIME-Version:	1.0

X-Comment-To: tbird AT caldera DOT com

Hi!

19-σΕΞ-97 16:19 tbird AT caldera DOT com (tbird AT caldera DOT com) wrote to opendos AT delorie DOT com:

[...]
 > Here's some more info to confuse the whole situation.  When Caldera
 > purchased Novell DOS, it had every intention of releasing the full
 > source code, including utility source.  Except of course that exceptions
 > kept mounting as we moved forward.  We had to make special exceptions
 > for code we didn't own (like Personal NetWare),

     This is justify.

 > or for code that was
 > quagmired in a strange repository system, or decide what to do with
 > software that no one on the entire planet could reasonably recompile.

     This is not justify. Publishing such code mean nothing bad - _most_
users want sources only for semantics analyzing and bugs finding and
reporting. And publishing current code gives you more time for source
refinement.

     Moreover, I think step-by-step publishing (done next small part -
publish they as "update") is best strategy.

[...]
 >      - some utility source exposes code which Caldera does not
 >      want to fall into the hands of competitors (no, not Microsoft
 >      or FreeDOS, or the hacker community - don't be silly.  Caldera
 >      has non-imaginary competitors in the embedded market that would
 >      like to see, for example, the source code to NWCDEX - I had
 >      one say exactly this to me at the Embedded Systems Conference
 >      trade show last year - Hard to imagine since NWCDEX has a
 >      bad reputation for bugs, but true none-the-less.)

     Who prohibit you publish not all utilities at now? For example - I want
to analyze and report where is bug in xcopy. What tricks used in xcopy? In
attrib? But no one of these utilities published! B*(

 > what is available.   I would recommend that people continue to lobby in a
 > nice way for specific source pieces they are really interested in doing
 > something with.  Maybe someone from Caldera will change their mind.  The
 > negative reaction that occurred on opendos AT caldera DOT com was detrimental
 > rather than constructive at changing minds at Caldera.

     I restore lost by you CC: with opendos AT delorie DOT com and add
caldera-opendos AT rim DOT caldera DOT com.

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