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From the infamous "Microsoft Memo"
at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/halloween.html
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Extending OSS benefits -- Service Infrastructure
Supporting a platform & development community requires a
lot of service infrastructure which OSS can't provide. This includes
PDC's, MSDN, ADCU, ISVs, IHVs, etc.
The OSS communities "MSDN" equivalent, of course, is a
loose confederation of web sites with API docs of varying quality. MS
has an opportunty to really exploit the
web for developer evangelization.
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So we "can't provide" that, hmm???
Wait a couple months, Bill!
BWAHAHAHAHA!
BTW, anyone know what the other acronyms are? I only know MSDN =
Microsoft Developer Network, similar to their Knowledge Base. Oh, and
ISV and IHV are obvious... so what are PDCs and ADCUs?
Also, isn't it amusing that they believe GIMP is more like Paintbrush
than Photoshop... :-)