“Microsoft executives signaled again Wednesday that they are
thinking about opening up the Windows source code, but flirting
with the notion is all they seem to be doing.”
“The company is “thinking with great interest” about opening the
source code, Steve Ballmer, Microsoft president, told a large
audience at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference.”
“”We are trying to understand this whole notion of open source,”
Ballmer said. “Most CIOs don’t want their people to touch the
source code,” but some customers find “a certain comfort level” in
having access to the code.”