<div dir="ltr">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? <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 5:04 AM, Amahdy AbdElAziz <<a href="mailto:amahdy7@gmail.com">amahdy7@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> <div dir="ltr">**This is a cross-post between Ubuntu-EG and OpenEgypt mailing lists, please consider replying in both locations** - 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: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOfzpGQNfz4" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOfzpGQNfz4</a> - Are we going to do something? except talking... <div dir="ltr"> -- Amahdy AbdElAziz <a style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0)" href="http://www.amahdy.net" target="_blank">http://www.amahdy.net</a> </div> </div> -- Ubuntu-eg mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-eg@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-eg@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-eg" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-eg</a> </blockquote></div> </div>