Microsoft is the OpenSource godfather

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Be ware of this mark, it is a curse mark upon any product....MS
Seriously though, when I just saw "Microsoft Supports OpenSource", I just
removed myself from the group that posted it....why bother?

On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 5:04 AM, Amahdy AbdElAziz <amahdy7 at gmail.com> wrote:

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>
> - Define OpenSource:
> 1) Software that anybody can download.*
> [Can't I have it on a CD? :'(]
> *2) Edit its code and re-comiple it.*
> [Ahhh I see, that's the reason why it's open]
> *3) Some people, make their software closed source, so it won't be
> available to re-download again.*
> [Great news! I thought that many of the online software were closed source,
> I was wrong all the time]
> *4) When the software is closed, you don't have any support. But Microsoft
> products, you get support "All The Way".*
> [Obviously, since all Microsoft products are OpenSource, it's even by
> logic]
> *
> - Microsoft helps the Opensource community:
> 1) You can open any open docs on the "normal" office.*
> [How can I tell if my office is normal or not? I think it's rectangular]
> *2) If the file was ppt, you can save it as pptx to be able to edit it
> from any xml editor.*
> [WAAAW! I love this feauture]
> *3) You can open any php site from windows server.*
> [But why may I open a site from windows server? I mean, I usually use a PC
> or laptop, not a server...]
> [Ouch, you mean I can run PHP site on windows serever? Excellent! so
> finally Microsoft wrote a PHP enterpreter for windows!]
>
> *- Microsoft host Opensource projects over "codeplex"*
> [He forgot to mention that there is no restriction over the prgoramming
> language]
>
> *- Microsoft donated 20 thousands of line of code for Linux*
> [2 and FOUR zeros next to it, if you just want to try to imagine the
> number... of classes]
>
> *- The commenting section for the video is of course closed, because they
> are talking about something open.*
> *
> - Long live Microsoft, you should be proud of your MSP they are doing an
> AMAZING work, here is the video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOfzpGQNfz4*
>
> *- Are we going to do something? except talking...*
>
>
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