Of course they're using it, ... It doesn't suck.

People are imperfect. What we have learned through the ages, though, is that combining lots of people creates a better end result, ... For some reason, we forgot that when it came to developing software.

The important move would be to document all [Microsoft's] file formats and communications protocols, make the documentation publicly available, and make a binding promise not to sue or harass people who write open source software to interoperate.

On first blush this looks to be about money, but it is about power. Is power going to go to the information monopolies, or will it go to developers and users?

You have an equivalent to random mutation, except it's better, ... It's directed mutation, people constantly trying to improve the software.

A lot of us do think Microsoft is pretty evil.