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:SearchOpenSource: Microsoft Exec Calls for Calm on OSS Site
SearchOpenSource: Microsoft Exec Calls for Calm on OSS Site
Apr 28, 2006, 22 :00 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (10381 reads)

(Other stories by Jack Loftus)

[ Thanks to Jane Walker for this link. ]

"Microsoft extended an olive branch to the open source community with the launch of Port 25, but visitors to the Web site have been treating the branch as if it were poison ivy.

"Port 25 is a Web site that offers a look into the Microsoft Open Source Software Lab. Launched in 2004, the lab is the software company's attempt to test interoperability between Microsoft software and open source solutions. Its other stated goal is to make IT professionals with UNIX/Linux skills more proficient in the Windows environment--and vice versa..."

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iTWire: Bill Hilf Blog Attracts Anti-Microsoft Posters(Apr 10, 2006)
internetnews.com: Microsoft's Open Source Olive Branch(Apr 07, 2006)
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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
M$ remains dedicated to the goal of domi ...   who can blame the FLOSS people?   
wildpossum
Apr 28, 2006, 22:48:48
 
Lets get it straight - Microsoft has cal ...   Are they really surprised?   
John Kloosterman
Apr 28, 2006, 23:05:46
 
Microsoft is holding out an "olive branc ...   Predicted almost a year ago...   
GreyGeek
Apr 28, 2006, 23:08:32
 
This talk of an olive branch is galling. ...   Olive branch?   
Grishnakh
Apr 29, 2006, 01:20:12
 
Call off the black helicopters?  Are you ...   Pffffft   
Joe User
Apr 29, 2006, 02:00:30
 
Come into my parlour, said the spider to ...   The spder and the fly   
Sid Boyce
Apr 29, 2006, 02:27:35
 
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twic ...   Fool me once, shame on you.   
Bob Robertson
Apr 29, 2006, 03:59:24
 
M$ wants to "better understand" OSS ? Wh ...   What is there to understand ?   
Laxator2
Apr 29, 2006, 04:22:16
 
I've read the MS EULA.  After they c ...   Seems like the sensible response to me   
Charles Hixson
Apr 29, 2006, 07:56:10
 
>  Even while they hold out this branch  ...   Re: Predicted almost a year ago...   
eeburnout
Apr 29, 2006, 08:26:09
 
Somehow the only response that occurs to ...   The Eagles: Get Over It   
Wesley Parish
Apr 29, 2006, 11:58:28
 
As far as I am concerned, Microsoft' ...   Olive Branch a Joke   
Joe Almeida
Apr 29, 2006, 14:42:18
 
> >  Even while they hold out this branc ...   Re: Re: Predicted almost a year ago...   
GreyGeek
Apr 29, 2006, 15:01:50
 
I sincerely doubt there will be any reco ...   Walk with your back to the wall around M$   
David D. Huff Jr.
Apr 30, 2006, 06:38:53
 
> > >  Even while they hold out this bra ...   Re: Re: Re: Predicted almost a year ago...   
eeburnout
Apr 30, 2006, 08:35:32
 
1) Grow to love the GPL. Then go on and  ...   MS, its really easy   
phil
May 1, 2006, 22:11:17
 
Just like the last article about how hor ...   Half-as^H^Hway article...   
Wonderbird
May 2, 2006, 00:18:49
 
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