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| Time: 11:28 EST/16:28 GMT | News Source: MSNBC | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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SEATTLE - Microsoft Corp. is expanding a program to give government organizations access to some of its tightly guarded software blueprints amid growing competition from rivals who make such source code freely available. Microsoft is offering more than 60 governments and international organizations the option of viewing the proprietary source code for the latest version of its ubiquitous Office software, including the Outlook e-mail program, Microsoft Word and Excel spreadsheet application. The Redmond, Wash., company already gives the same government groups the opportunity to view the source code for its dominant Windows operating system. About 30 of them, including Russia, China, Norway and the United Kingdom, have agreed to sign the free license, said Jason Matusow, a director with Microsoft's "shared source" program. The United States has viewed Windows source code before but is not participating in this program now, he said. So far only one, the United Kingdom, has agreed to view the Office code, he said. | ||
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at 8/30/2005 2:40:24 PM |
| An interesting re-definition of the word 'share'. Unless you're allowed to use MS code you get to look at, I don't see how the verb 'share' applies. 'View' would seem to be more apt, but sounds less fuzzy & friendly. |
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