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Re: Resoconto di una Ricerca sulle relazioni fra MS-DOS (Microsoft) e CP/M (DRI)

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Articolo iniziale, di Bob Zeidman:
<http://tinyurl.com/cw8f2a2>

Articolo dopo VCF, di Tekla S.Perry:
<http://tinyurl.com/gqpcudp>
> [...cut...]
> The conclusion? Still no sign of copying of source code. And
> no evidence to support a long-running rumor that there is a
> secret command in MS-DOS that can be called to print out a
> copyright notice in Gary Kildall’s name.
> 
> However, Zeidman did find that at least 22 system calls, the
> commands used to request an action, like sending text to a
> printer or reading from a hard disk, had the same function
> number and function. That, he says, might have meant that
> Kildall "might have had a copyright claim for the system
> calls that it could have litigated against Microsoft. On the
> other hand, there is a good chance Microsoft could have
> beaten such litigation by claiming it was a «fair use»."
> 
> Meanwhile, Zeidman has had a lot of pushback since his
> original article was published, in part because it turned out
> he had an open consulting contract with Microsoft at the
> time. (He reports that it was an old and inactive contract
> and he has since severed all ties.) So he’s putting up
> $200,000 in prize money, $100,000 for anyone who can use
> "accepted forensic techniques" to prove the copying, and
> another $100,000 for anyone who can find that secret Kildall
> copyright function.
> [...cut...]

Mi par di capire che Bob non intende mollare l'osso. OK. Bravo.
Mi domando, però, se ne valga la pena: spera che MS sia stata
abbastanza distratta da rilasciare i sorgenti di MS-DOS senza
averli «curati»?

A chi giova «tangibilmente» questa battaglia?

Salut

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Resoconto di una Ricerca sulle relazioni fra MS-DOS (Microsoft) e CP/M (DRI) ivbov <afc.bovo@gmail.com> - 2016-08-04 07:34 -0700
  Re: Resoconto di una Ricerca sulle relazioni fra MS-DOS (Microsoft) e CP/M (DRI) absent <a@bs.ent> - 2016-08-07 09:26 +0000
    Re: Resoconto di una Ricerca sulle relazioni fra MS-DOS (Microsoft) e CP/M (DRI) Piero Soldi <piero.soldi@libero.it> - 2016-08-07 17:41 +0200

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