And someone has one... Re: Virus Alert !!!

From: Rich Lafferty <rich_at_alcor.concordia.ca>
Date: Thu Mar 8 08:54:47 2001

On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 07:55:36AM -0600, John Foust (jfoust_at_threedee.com) wrote:
> At 08:26 PM 3/7/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >>If MS would just give us the source code, we could fix it for them.
>
> I've often thought about what the rag-tag open source
> community would do if they had the Windows source - the
> whole kit and caboodle.

Well, they've implemented major bits of the API having neither kit nor
caboodle -- <URL:http://www.winehq.com/>.

> Frankly, I don't think they could handle it. Does the open source
> community have the same number of full-time man-hours available to a
> new task of this size?

TINOSC. HAND!

  -Rich

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