Once More Unto the Breach: Open Source and the New Microsoft Strategy

"I started the week posting why I thought MSFT wouldn't be trading in 10 years. It is a dinner wager started at last week's Open Source Business Conference. A few friends publicly chided me, and with good reason. It is a rather bold statement. This week's leaked memos from Ray Ozzie and Gates give me hope however that I may get dinner sooner. Let's look at the developing discussion.

"Matt Asay tackled the US$60B war chest angle, and pointed out the survivability of IBM, HP, and Apple to counter my DEC example..."

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