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MS to share Source Code to China.
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by jtpenrod:
The Macro$uck saga just keeps getting more hilarious all the time. Just when you think it just can't get any better... :eek:
During the anti-trust trial, Jim Allchin swears in testimony that Winderz is such a piece of shit that they couldn't possibly let anyone see the code as that would pose a threat to nat'l security. (That must be some shitty code. :D )
Then His Gatesness promises to show the Chinese gov't all this very same shitty code that can never see the light of day lest US security be compromised! Remember, these guys used to be called the "Red Chinese", and they are still a communistic gov't that has no particular good feelings for the US. It wasn't all that long ago that they forced down a US surveillance plane flying in Int'l Airspace. And unlike Saddam, they have new-cue-lar weapons and ICBMs.
So which is it: is Jim Allchin a lying bastard who needs to go down for purjury, or is His Gatesness a traitor?
(Probably the main truth here is that Winderz code is every bit as shitty as Allchin said it was in court. If the Chinese run true to form, we'll all know about it in a few months anyway. ;) )
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well this just illustrates the fact that if a government puts its trust in a private company, they will get shafted when that private company's interests no longer agree with those of the government.
To Gates, it's just business, he does what he has to to try and maximise sales. it's only going to be the US government (who are only one of many customers after all) who gets pissed off if gates compromises US security, and i doubt they will have a case either if they try and prosecute him, i mean why did they put all that national security in the hands of a private interest in the first place?
nope, Peru has a much sounder plan in my opinion.
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