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Title: Microsoft  &   open source  (email)
Post by: honvetops on October 25, 2006, 06:01:47 AM
Is this a good thing ?  I have been reading as of late and I think this is an attempt
TO OPEN UP A BIT ?

Microsoft sets Sender ID free
10 / 23 / 06   |   By Joris Evers

Microsoft's Sender ID e-mail authentication technology can now be used without fear of the software giant's intellectual property lawyers.
The Redmond, Wash., company said Monday it is making the "Sender ID Framework" available under its Open Specification Promise program. That means Microsoft will not sue anyone who creates products or services based on the e-mail technology.

The move is part of an effort to promote interoperability among commercial and open-source software products, and among Internet access providers that utilize e-mail authentication, Microsoft said in a statement.

"Users will be able to implement, commercialize and modify Microsoft's patented e-mail authentication technology without having to sign a licensing agreement," it said.

Sender ID is a caller ID-like system for e-mail meant to help fight spam and related cyberscams such as phishing. Microsoft has been pushing the technology for a couple of years as a partial solution to junk e-mail. Intellectual property issues around the technology have flared up in the past as a roadblock to adoption.

Microsoft announced the OSP in September, when it said 38 Web services specifications would be available under the promise. Earlier this month, it was expanded to include the Virtual Hard Disk Image Format specification.

Nearly two years after Sender ID's launch, 36 percent of all legitimate e-mail sent worldwide uses the technology, via about 5 million domains, according to Microsoft data.
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: unlovedwarrior on October 25, 2006, 09:01:55 AM
free open source dont real mix well with ms
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: Zylstra on October 25, 2006, 02:36:00 PM
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free open source dont real mix well with ms
Its a multibillion dollar company, and they could release it without a problem, but no doubt, Unloved Warrior is right...

I wonder how this will end up working.
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: patio on October 25, 2006, 03:28:21 PM
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free open source dont real mix well with ms
Its a multibillion dollar company, and they could release it without a problem, but no doubt, Unloved Warrior is right...

I wonder how this will end up working.

Just like every other MS product...sometimes and with great amounts of forcing.
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: unlovedwarrior on October 25, 2006, 03:29:57 PM
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free open source dont real mix well with ms
Its a multibillion dollar company, and they could release it without a problem, but no doubt, Unloved Warrior is right...

I wonder how this will end up working.

Just like every other MS product...sometimes and with great amounts of forcing.
lol...we'll have to see how many ppl come here for help..
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: patio on October 25, 2006, 04:39:03 PM
Hopefully i will be long gone by then...
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: unlovedwarrior on October 25, 2006, 10:12:03 PM
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Hopefully i will be long gone by then...


what do you mean by gone
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: Raptor on October 26, 2006, 04:22:46 PM
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Hopefully i will be long gone by then...


what do you mean by gone

He means his rabbits will no longer need cleaning.  :(
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: unlovedwarrior on October 26, 2006, 04:25:10 PM
im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: Zylstra on October 27, 2006, 12:28:18 PM
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im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links
I think I am missing something...
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: patio on October 27, 2006, 05:20:35 PM
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im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links

Stay confused...Politicians love that carp.
Title: Re: Microsoft  
Post by: Zylstra on October 27, 2006, 10:02:44 PM
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im still confused about that and Gx1_man's post confused me more with all of the links

Stay confused...Politicians love that carp.
lol
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: Zylstra on October 27, 2006, 10:03:19 PM
Look at what else just became free...

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/default.mspx
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: patio on October 28, 2006, 09:09:07 AM
Been free for awhile now...
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: Zylstra on October 28, 2006, 03:01:19 PM
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Been free for awhile now...
I wish I would have found it earlier, I can finally run Vector Linux within Windows
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: patio on October 29, 2006, 08:57:13 AM
Do your self a big favor and don't even attempt Vista on it.

I learned the hard way...or is that the hard drive way.
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: Zylstra on October 29, 2006, 09:15:40 AM
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Do your self a big favor and don't even attempt Vista on it.

I learned the hard way...or is that the hard drive way.
You saying Vista will destroy Virtual HD's?
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: patio on October 29, 2006, 09:19:26 AM
Vista right now will destroy anything it comes in contact with...i'm on my 4th build and ready to ditch that as well.

Hello Linux!
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: Zylstra on October 29, 2006, 03:00:06 PM
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Vista right now will destroy anything it comes in contact with...i'm on my 4th build and ready to ditch that as well.

Hello Linux!
Can Vista BETA's still be downloaded right now?
Title: Re: Microsoft  &   open source  (em
Post by: patio on October 30, 2006, 02:51:13 PM
Nope. MS decided it had enough rabbits and closed down the RC2 (newest Beta) DLoad site...

You had to be registered with MS to take advantage of it.

patio.  8-)