“Despite company comments, it’s not likely to cede control of
Windows 2000.”
“Despite reports suggesting that Microsoft may be considering
releasing the source code for Windows 2000, a Microsoft executive
responsible for the new operating system said he would be
“surprised” if the company diverted from its strategy of retaining
sole authorship of its software”
“”We have been able to avoid the fractionalization of the
Windows NT marketplace by bringing the work that people do back
into a well-controlled source tree and making sure it gets
subjected to the same quality control,” said Ed Muth, Microsoft’s
group manager for Windows 2000.”
‘”There are many definitions of open source, and it
would be incorrect to assume that any one of those definitions
would turn out to be the model we might follow,” Muth said.
“Microsoft is paying attention to the market and is looking at ways
that would be consistent with things we do today to help our
customers.”‘