Hi everyone,
I wasn't saying anything bad about Microsoft, after all, there is Microsoft supplied code
in OS/2 and eComStation, it's about there take on the Open Source model.
It should also be noted that I wasn't saying anything bad about Eugene apart from
basically telling Eugene to leave unrelated and unnecessary comments about
others from his posts. How Eugene wants to release his code is entirely up to him,
some of us may prefer it if he did open source his (and others) code but at the
end of the day he is free to chose, that what freedom is all about

Eugene does on many occasions sound like a Microsoft Code jockey, that's what
that comment is about, no more, no less.
Microsoft does have this thing about code that is Open Sourced (note I didn't say
GPL'ed), they are as time progress's getting a better understanding of shared code,
and difference between the different licensing models and I note that even they are
releasing some code to non core Microsoft products these days, assuming they no longer
want to provide support for that code or program.
Personally I believe it is entirely up to those writing the code, or those paying for the code
as to which license they wish to use. I don't have a problem if someone wants to provide
a closed source code program, or an open source code program, there are reasons for
both just as there are reasons for using a modified or combined license.
Sometimes you are bound by the original code license so there is no choice, and that
applies to Mensys, unless there is a way to rewrite a lot of code..
As I get older I prefer any code I write to be open sourced simply so others can utilise
what I have written on the condition that my details will remain within the program going
forward. I also find it makes life so much easier when you can find code snippets, or
even an open source program that you can 'bend' to your purposes that is close to
what you want, and I do normally thank those people by email as they have saved
me both time, and sometimes frustration. The other thing I have always done is to
send a copy of any changes I've made to code back to the originating author(s) no
matter which license it is.
There are a couple of programs I've written that cannot have the source code released
for private reasons, some are due to ownership is to the company I write the programs for,
and one program that I use on my website that I cant release the code due to the original
authors request, and simply because others have sent me code snippets to include but
none of us are sure were some of those code snippets came from (sound familiar

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As I have the website code I could rewrite the program but as I'm really the only one using
it, seems a bit pointless doesn't it
