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To: Jill who wrote (39787)	3/25/2000 9:16:00 AM
From: Andy Thomas	Respond to of 74651

I would love to see the win98 source code. It would be cool to see if the code in the hands of open source developers would mutate into several variants, perhaps each dedicated to a specific task. It would be interesting to see if much of the functionality could be removed and quicker, smaller OS could be made out of it. With the win9x source public, MSFT will still have WIndows NT locked away. This strategy of releasing the 9x code is a good one because the desktop is already becoming a backwater in the silicon wars. The next battles are both "upward and downward" - upward into the server space, and downward onto the cell phones, handhelds, and game consoles. Consumer PCs OS (9x) is a cash cow but again that area is becoming a backwater in the big picture. That is why releasing 9x source makes sense... DOJ thinks it's something valuable when really it's becoming less relevant every day. It would also appease users such as myself who would love to get under the hood of win9x and see what we could make out of it! It can't hurt to bring some of the geeks into your corner can it? FWIW Andy