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:Microsoft's Open-Source Strategy: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Microsoft's Open-Source Strategy: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Feb 1, 2008, 16 :45 UTC (11 Talkback[s]) (6455 reads)

(Other stories by Mary Jo Foley)

[ Thanks to AlexGr for this link. ]

"Does Microsoft have an open-source strategy--beyond finding new ways to thwart Linux and other non-proprietary wares?

"Sam Ramji, Microsoft's Director of Platform Technology Strategy and the company's Open Source Software Lab, says it does. And it's a lot less touchy-feely than this definition, which is on the Microsoft Open Source Web site: 'The Microsoft open source strategy is focused on helping customers and partners be successful in today's heterogeneous technology world...'"

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
> The Microsoft open source strategy is  ...   Despicable hypocritical language   
wsd
Feb 1, 2008, 17:17:37
 
MS will embrace Open Source as long as t ...   MS and Open Source   
paul
Feb 1, 2008, 18:10:28
 
Capitalism is the worst system there is  ...   Re: Despicable hypocritical language   
omniprovident
Feb 1, 2008, 18:51:31
 
> That's the way of capitalism.No, t ...   Re: Despicable hypocritical language   
Bob_Robertson
Feb 1, 2008, 20:46:00
 
> Capitalism is the worst system there i ...   Re: Re: Despicable hypocritical language   
Rainer Weikusat
Feb 1, 2008, 21:04:42
 
In any fight with a competitor Microsoft ...   Ignore interoperability and it will go away.   
Steve Stites
Feb 1, 2008, 21:38:48
 
...Ballmer must declare that Microsoft i ...   If they really want this...   
philc
Feb 1, 2008, 22:19:56
 
> There must be a two way conversation a ...   Re: If they really want this...   
Bob_Robertson
Feb 1, 2008, 22:34:57
 
Steve wrote: We can continue to create s ...   Ignore compatibility   
paul
Feb 2, 2008, 04:37:32
 
 Copies of software are not 'limited ...   Re: Re: Re: Despicable hypocritical language   
GreyGeek
Feb 2, 2008, 21:11:32
 
GG - how does one shoulder risk in our c ...   How does one shoulder risk?   
omniprovident
Feb 4, 2008, 16:36:15
 
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