Comment whurley responds to "spreading lies on this issue" (Score 1) 310
I want to publicly comment on the "spreading lies on this issue" that I'm being accused of by many of you in the /. community. I'll keep my reply simple:
1) Microsoft called this move "open source" in all of there communications with me. In fact, the title of the mail in my inbox from Microsoft is: "Important: Microsoft & Open Source Announcement" . They also referred to it as "open source" in the voice mail they left me the night before.
2) I put "open source" in quotes to highlight the fact that this is NOT open source . That was the entire point of the blog for those of you who obviously didn't read it in it's entirety.
3) Many people on /. tried a new and novel approach and actually read my post before commenting/forming their opinion. Two notable examples of this radical behavior include:
So thanks to all of you who commented after actually reading the post. For the rest of you, I hope this helps to clear things up.
1) Microsoft called this move "open source" in all of there communications with me. In fact, the title of the mail in my inbox from Microsoft is: "Important: Microsoft & Open Source Announcement" . They also referred to it as "open source" in the voice mail they left me the night before.
2) I put "open source" in quotes to highlight the fact that this is NOT open source . That was the entire point of the blog for those of you who obviously didn't read it in it's entirety.
3) Many people on
So thanks to all of you who commented after actually reading the post. For the rest of you, I hope this helps to clear things up.
