Never! Releasing XP opensource would expose microsoft code which is the basis of the OSes thereafter XP.... for now...i can bet you wont get it! BTW... large organisations would drop use of microsoft products if released as Opensource.....citing security concerns On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Tech List Kenya <techlistkenya@gmail.com>wrote:
With the talks of Microsoft halting official support for Windows XP, don't you think they should release XP code to the open source community?
First, that will ensure that the legend that XP was lives on.
Secondly, am willing to bet such an OS will knock off all other open source OSes off the charts. Microsoft have the No. 1 open source OS! _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general