On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 06:57:17PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote: > The benefits you can get from the Windows source code are _exactly_ > the same in nature as those you obtain from the Google source code.
Not exactly. I can modify the source of the Windows source, compile it and use the changes[1]. I can't modify the source of www.google.com, compile it and use the changes, since I can't touch their server. On the other hand, the fact that I have the source to the Linux kernel doesn't let me enhance www.debian.org, either, so I'll drop this particular argument. [1] in theory; the Windows source isn't reputed as being the easiest to modify or build -- Glenn Maynard
