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Not bizarre if you consider Google actually gives away source code of some of their best products for free. Microsoft just couldn't do this.
by kesun421 17y ago
Not bizarre if you consider Google actually gives away source code of some of their best products for free. Microsoft just couldn't do this.
- cantastoria 17y agoAnd what I'm supposed to do with the source code? Relaunch it as another product and try and compete with Google? Free source code is the oldest trick in Google's book, it amazes me people still fall for it. Just out of curiosity, does anyone know of an example of a successful startup whose products are based on source code from Google?
- kesun421 17y agoWould you rather just have documentation of APIs? Having the source code is better than not, at least it gives people the option to expand/correct/port anything if they wish to.
- litewulf 17y agoWould you consider Linux a successful open source project? I imagine the greatest impact has not been people relaunching "Linux Pro", but people who have built off of it.