> I'm less than enthusiastic about the idea that interoperability should
> be achieved by having everyone run the same (open source) applications
> beccause it just dodges the issue: If everyone is running the same
> code, well then yes, of cours, they'll be interoperable. But that
> is an
> empty sort of success. Similarly, it is fine to say that I am free to
> peruse the source code of an application and thus learn how it works
> and what I need to do to integrate with it, but why should it be
> necessary? Again the suggestion that I need to "use the source" (to
> borrow a chapter title from a book I read years ago, and one that
> still
> bothers me) is preposterous.......
>
> ===
> Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Metaphors be with you.
>
>
gregory,
your outstanding comments boil down to: interoperability is
orthogonal to the software license.
[wr]
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