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Selling Microsoft as Open Source...

...is not a wise idea.

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A Connecticut man known on the Internet as "illwill" pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court on Monday to charges relating to the theft of the source code to Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating software, considered among the company's crown jewels.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...ft_source_code

He faces up to 10 years in prison.
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Re: Selling Microsoft as Open Source...

Well, it is grand theft and on top of that selling company secrets. I think the crime of his stupidity outweighs the theft crime though
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I absolutely dispize stupid people.... cant stand them

oh and i remember when he got caught, didnt think anything serious back then, his own stupidity...
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yea me too, but I don't dispise bad spellers...
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Re: Selling Microsoft as Open Source...



Get used to it .
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no i actually dispize not dispise stupid people, there is a difference, in my mind anyways, so dont try to restrict my true feelings by the rules of grammar which change every year anyways!...
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Wouldn't dream of it ...
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yea me too, but I don't dispise bad spellers...
You better keep your dictionary handy rocky............I think your spelling will get a lot of scrutiny from now on.
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Re: Selling Microsoft as Open Source...



That's true , happened to Irish from me for a while .
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Re: Selling Microsoft as Open Source...

You're absolutely right Infamous.

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Do you mean Rocky that you don't dispise them, in the sense that you despise them?
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