:Microsoft's annual report: A study in open-source awareness...and ignorance
Microsoft's annual report: A study in open-source awareness...and ignorance Aug 4, 2008, 19 :00 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (4814 reads) (Other stories by Matt Asay)
"A number of commercial firms compete with us using an open source business model by modifying and then distributing open source software to end users at nominal cost and earning revenue on complementary services and products. These firms do not bear the full costs of research and development for the software. Some of these firms may build upon Microsoft ideas that we provide to them free or at low royalties in connection with our interoperability initiatives."
