微软的一些高级官员透露微软有可能将Windows 2000变成又一个开放源代码的操作系统,不过观察家们对此并不看好。因为这一举动实在与微软一贯的理念背道而驰,并且如果微软真的涉足开放软件,那么它必将威胁到其它弱小的但也层推动过开放源码运动的组织和团体。一位分析家指出,“微软明白开放源码的模式有许多优点,但从根本上说,微软的利润来源于对知识产权的拥有,而实际上,开放源码与知识产权占有是根本冲突的。”在源代码开放的原则下,一个软件最初的程序结构可以被任何人免费获得、免费修改、免费使用。在 Linux 发布及发展的过程中,源代码开 Some senior Microsoft officials disclosed that Microsoft may turn Windows 2000 into another open source operating system, but observers are not optimistic about this. Because this move is in fact contrary to Microsoft’s consistent philosophy, and if Microsoft is really involved in open software, it will certainly threaten other small but also promoted organizations and groups of open source movement. One analyst pointed out that “Microsoft understands that there are many advantages to the open source model, but basically, Microsoft’s profits come from owning intellectual property. In fact, open source and intellectual property rights are fundamentally in conflict.” Under the principle of open source code, the initial program structure of a software can be freely obtained by anyone, modified freely, and used free of charge. In the Linux release and development process, the source code is open