Nicolas George wrote:
> For example, if you read somewhere "I intend to vote democratic", you will
> not answer "that is just silly, no candidate intend to abolish democracy, all
> are democratic:

Actually, to be precise, none are democratic, or you wouldn't be voting 
for politicians.  If you want to make the example work, say "I'm voting 
republican" and answer "nobody wants to abolish the republic." </nit> ;-)

> I find that one far fetched. In common parlance, "open" applies to a door or
> a box, and that has nothing to do with software source code.

Sun used "Open" for a long time to mean many things, and it basically 
meant "we'll give you the specs so you can reimplement it on your 
operating system."  Much the same way that .NET is "open".

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Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
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   Check your feather pillows for holes
    before putting them in the washing machine.

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