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:internetnews.com: Microsoft's Open Source Olive Branch
internetnews.com: Microsoft's Open Source Olive Branch
Apr 7, 2006, 14 :15 UTC (18 Talkback[s]) (10398 reads)

(Other stories by Sean Michael Kerner)

"It seems kind of strange to have Microsoft, long considered the open source 'enemy,' to deliver a keynote at a conference about Linux, but that's exactly what happened in Boston today.

"Microsoft Platform Technology Strategy Director Bill Hilf delivered a keynote on interoperability between Windows and Linux and discussed the maturation of the debate between the two operating systems.

"He also detailed Microsoft's own test efforts in its Open Source Software Lab and officially announced the launch of Port 25, the communications and blogging site that gives some additional character and personality to those efforts..."

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Computerworld New Zealand: Microsoft: We've Been Into Open Source for Years(Mar 16, 2006)
Linux-Watch: Older Hardware, Windows, and Linux(Jan 10, 2006)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"We focus heavily on scenarios that exis ...   olive branch????   
petem
Apr 7, 2006, 14:36:51
 
Microsoft is fighting tooth and nail aga ...   contradiction   
Steve Stites
Apr 7, 2006, 15:37:54
 
> ...at the end of the day.. HE STILL WO ...   Re: olive branch????   
Tony OBryan
Apr 7, 2006, 16:06:21
 
Be wise to MS ways.  ...   Poisoned Perfume Is All You'll Get   
Brent
Apr 7, 2006, 16:19:58
 
Hilf said:"Commercial and open source ca ...   They are catching on...   
Ringo
Apr 7, 2006, 16:29:33
 
Microsoft has been the hungry tiger in t ...   Hungry tiger, good meal   
phil
Apr 7, 2006, 17:16:56
 
Out of all of the organized crime syndic ...   I will give them this ...   
alucinor
Apr 7, 2006, 17:42:38
 
Careful examination reveals that both si ...   Enlightened self-interest   
Dean Pannell (aka dinotrac)
Apr 7, 2006, 17:56:07
 
Olive branch with no fruits can only be  ...   Where are the fruits!   
xxx
Apr 7, 2006, 18:30:40
 
These two items are commonly confused, i ...   olive branch, knife in the back   
alice sysadmin
Apr 7, 2006, 18:55:56
 
"Olive branch with no fruits can only be ...   RE: Where are the fruits!   
Ursus Orribilus
Apr 7, 2006, 18:57:51
 
From another article regarding the same  ...   Re: Premature Standards   
Ringo
Apr 7, 2006, 19:17:59
 
Only a few years ago this would have nev ...   think about it   
michael
Apr 7, 2006, 19:47:56
 
" Microsoft's Open Source Labs effor ...   Interoperability is not a one a one way road   
Ya Right
Apr 7, 2006, 22:26:10
 
Hey great!  Vista-Office will support OD ...   Hey great, Vista-Office is ODF!   
Joe User
Apr 8, 2006, 01:10:38
 
 >Umm, No. The various *nixes already in ...   re: enlightened self-interest   
Jack Strangio
Apr 8, 2006, 05:55:25
 
I'm not so sure about that.  MS is t ...   Re: I will give them this ...   
Charles Hixson
Apr 8, 2006, 16:48:07
 
> As Ronald Ragan said about arms limita ...   Re: re: enlightened self-interest   
Anonymous
Apr 8, 2006, 18:31:14
 
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