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:eWeek: Microsoft Makes Its Open-Source Move
eWeek: Microsoft Makes Its Open-Source Move
Jun 4, 2005, 05 :00 UTC (25 Talkback[s]) (8159 reads)
(Other stories by Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols)

"The signs were there. Microsoft had been making nice with open source for some time now.

"First, in late March, Ballmer and Red Hat's CEO Matthew Szulik met for more than an hour at a McCormick & Schmick's restaurant in New York at Microsoft's request. We still don't know what they talked about even after news of the meeting leaked in May, but I think we're beginning to get the picture now..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Has any company ever ended up with a lon ...   make a deal with the devil   
geoff lane
Jun 4, 2005, 05:47:46  
I suspect mrisocatf is just stalling, b ...   KDE's Spectacular New 3.4 Release   
I-Write-FUD@Paid-By-mircosatf
Jun 4, 2005, 06:07:15  
Microsoft co-opting FLOSS because it can ...   Too much oxytocin sprayed around? [1]   
R.L.
Jun 4, 2005, 08:25:20  
Ok, maybe I have the wrong associations, ...   Bad association   
David Kastrup
Jun 4, 2005, 13:17:17  
NONever trust an enemy with a big smile ...   Should they?   
Dan
Jun 4, 2005, 15:04:13  
Should the community reach back? In a ...   In a word...   
jp
Jun 4, 2005, 15:47:47  
It's too late for Micro$oft. As Jam ...   Throw Them an Anvil   
lord vader
Jun 4, 2005, 15:57:31  
"...Microsoft has never been as anti-ope ...   MS not really anti-open source?   
michael
Jun 4, 2005, 17:22:11  
apropos *moves* and MS: after having pos ...   Abracadabra!!! ...   
R.L.
Jun 4, 2005, 17:41:52  
MS has a history of being untrustworthy. ...   Words are cheap, actions are proof   
Charles Hixson
Jun 4, 2005, 17:52:33  
Well, I don't know about reaching ba ...   (I can't help it)   
Too ashamed to print it
Jun 4, 2005, 21:01:26  
Is there any truth to the rumor that Cha ...   Oxytocin Investor Revealed?   
Gary Edwards
Jun 4, 2005, 22:59:48  
The question is not "Should OSS trust MS ...   The question is not...   
Glenn Alexander
Jun 4, 2005, 23:13:15  
Microsoft cannot be trusted to shake one ...   Trust   
Tony OBryan
Jun 5, 2005, 00:52:15  
The logical approach is to treat Microso ...   Eh?   
Greg
Jun 5, 2005, 02:21:57  
Would LINUX have any chance if Open Sour ...   The Idea is SIMPLE   
DaGuik
Jun 5, 2005, 05:01:16  
with a LIVE electrical cord.20,000,000,0 ...   Sure we reach back,   
Jack Farmer
Jun 5, 2005, 12:09:20  
e-Journalists, trying to stir up interes ...   eWeek, trolling for page hits   
Cole Thompson
Jun 5, 2005, 16:43:17  
and other cold war era terms that I' ...   detente, glasnost, trust but verify...   
rifftide
Jun 5, 2005, 18:18:33  
MS is trying to cut a deal with OSS so t ...   This is about Google   
a.c.
Jun 5, 2005, 18:19:02  
umm... OSS was around before MS. MS woul ...   Re: The Idea is SIMPLE   
David Tansey
Jun 5, 2005, 18:40:27  
When Microsoft reaches for something, yo ...   When Microsoft Reaches for something   
Joe User
Jun 6, 2005, 02:43:20  
>you can identify areas of common intere ...   Re: detente, glasnost, trust but verify...   
Rufus Polson
Jun 6, 2005, 03:30:17  
but then it means that they are even mor ...   Plan B ...   
R.L.
Jun 6, 2005, 06:37:54  
... first, count your fingers, then your ...   If you think you got a good deal from Microsoft...   
Tom Henderson
Jun 6, 2005, 18:36:11  
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