InfoWorld: Microsoft Executive Lauds Open Source

"Microsoft is not viewed as an open source proponent, but a key executive said Wednesday the company recognized its benefit and was becoming more open itself.

"David Kaefer, director of Business Development, Intellectual Property and Licensing at Microsoft, said open source had bolstered innovation in a distributed fashion, and he called the open source software movement a 'very powerful force in the industry...'"

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