Microsoft Director Out to 'Debunk Mythology Around Open Source'

"'The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn't exist in 2007. Even Linus has got a job today.' Controversial statements from the head of Microsoft's Linux Labs, Bill Hilf.

"Speaking on the last leg of a tour of Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, Bill Hilf, more formally known as Microsoft's platform strategy director, was in the region to 'be descriptive and intelligent in giving people an understanding of open source and debunk a lot of the mythology around open source...'"

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