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From: Ed Falis <falis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: Ada in Debian: most libraries will switch to the pure GPL in Etch
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Frank J. Lhota wrote:

> AFAIK Microsoft has not officially released the source code for any OS
> except the DOS 1.x BIOS.

My brother works for MS.  I'm pretty sure he told me late last year that
MS does make the source code available for a price as part of their
shared source initiative.

- Ed