“Open source code advocates often slam Windows. But they really
would like the source code to be open to all.”
“‘Let’s be clear: We’d be ecstatic if [Microsoft Corp.] did open
up the source code to Windows and other software,’ said Larry
Augustin, president and chief executive of VA Research Linux
Systems, Sunnyvale, Calif. ‘People can talk about
Microsoft-bashing, but [open Windows] is what we want.'”
“But he does not expect to get it.”