>It's obvious many of the folks here are independent s/w developers. I'm always wondering how good these folks are at running their own business, based on some of the comments I read here.
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>Why would MS take a tool that has much proprietary technology, and technology that they are using today to enhance the value of their other tools, and make it open source?
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>History is littered with products that were purchased for a percentage of what the product represented, not all. VOOM HD television was just purchased. Many analysts are predicting that the main value the purchaser is acquiring is the satellites that VOOM uses. Customers are SOL.
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Just as Microsoft purchased fox for Rushmore. That's it. It keeps it alive becuse there's still a few bucks to be made. That's it. Nothing more.