July 21, 2005 - 1:55 P.M.
No, shared source is NOT open source
- IT TOPICS:Linux & Unix, Management
In this interview with Martin Taylor of Microsoft (chief spokesman for the "Get the Facts" campaign), he implies that the Shared Source program is almost the same as open source because some customers can have a look at a portion of the code. Sorry, but this is NOT open source. The point of guarranteed source code availability is that users are not beholden to the vendor for bug fixes, new features, and other modifications. If the initial creator of the software doesn't deliver what the market wants, then some other entity can step in and fill the niche.
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