Reading this ZDNet interview with Bill Gates got me thinking. He actually says they distribute the source code to Word? So I tried to write him a mail to get a hold of the source. But it didn't work, haha:



----- Original Message -----
From: "Rikard Linde"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:39 PM
Subject: microsoft word source code please


> Hi. In ZDNet News you say "I don't know that anyone has ever asked for the
> source code for Word. If they did, we would give it to them. But it's not a
> typical request."
> I want the source code. Can you send it please. I also want the source to IE
> 6.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rikard Linde
>
>
>



This is what I got in return:


----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 3:41 PM
Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure)


> This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.
>
> Delivery to the following recipients failed.
>
> bill.gates@microsoft.com


So there you have the answer. Microsoftware doesn't work for ANYONE.

B