Globe and Mail: Microsoft's Linux Overture: More Sizzle, Less Steak

"It was like watching Darth Vader call a truce with the Jedi rebels, or Wile E. Coyote finally deciding to leave the Road Runner in peace.

"Most business owners and office workers probably didn't pay any attention when it happened. But for those following the battles between proprietary and open-source software developers, a decision Microsoft made recently sounded like the kind of shift that could end the operating system schism--at least from the user's perspective..."

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