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Quoth M. Edward (Ed) Borasky on Thursday 13 September 2007 06:26:43 pm:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> > On a similar note: The idea of open source software being built on clos=
ed
> > foundations sounds a lot like what has been going on with open source
> > development in Java for several years. Despite this, I don't really see
> > people complaining about the closed foundations represented by the Java
> > VM.
> Yes, but after years of negotiations with literally hundreds of
> stakeholders, Sun was able to open those foundations. Perhaps a similar
> thing could happen with CLR.

It's Microsoft. Unlikely.

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Konrad Meyer <konrad@tylerc.org> http://konrad.sobertillnoon.com/

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