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:SiliconValley.com/Reuters: Microsoft declares war on ``free software'' model
SiliconValley.com/Reuters: Microsoft declares war on ``free software'' model
May 4, 2001, 00 :15 UTC (21 Talkback[s]) (9814 reads)

(Other stories by Reuters)

[ Thanks to the intrepid George Mitchell for this link. ]

From the "well disposed to Microsoft's softening stance" to this: "Mundie laced his speech, heralded as a major position statement, with language more in the spirit of a trash-talking sports star than the typically ambiguous, jargon-filled phrasings of a software executive." Balance achieved, the editorial staff returns to its other responsibilities.

"Mundie laced his speech, heralded as a major position statement, with language more in the spirit of a trash-talking sports star than the typically ambiguous, jargon-filled phrasings of a software executive."

"He described the open software movement as ``flimsy,'' ''flawed,'' jeopardizing property rights and threatening to undermine the software industry, a key economic growth engine."

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Related Stories:
Financial Times: Microsoft to open more Windows source code(May 04, 2001)
Community Column: Why is Microsoft afraid of the GPL?(May 03, 2001)
Microsoft: Prepared Text of Remarks by Craig Mundie, MS Sr. VP: The Commercial Software Model (May 03, 2001)
NYTimes: Speech Offers Microsoft View of Software Sharing Industry(May 03, 2001)
Eric S. Raymond: Beware the Microsoft shell game(May 02, 2001)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Last two LT stories:

> SiliconValley. ...   irony   
Micah
May 4, 2001, 00:32:27
 
I ran his speech through Babelfish, and  ...   Babelfish.   
Bobby D. Bryant
May 4, 2001, 00:45:45
 
> Open source software programming creat ...   Pretty funny   
Joe
May 4, 2001, 01:35:03
 
Why are we anticommercial?  And founded  ...   Anticomercial?   
Gene Scott
May 4, 2001, 02:09:52
 
"Open source software programming create ...   Voluntary Sharing is Bad ?   
PS
May 4, 2001, 02:47:40
 

"Open source software programming crea ...   Parallel: Open source and Slavery   
omg
May 4, 2001, 03:15:16
 
While copyright; used to protect ones ef ...   Copyrights,, protect or conceal?   
Kevin McMillan
May 4, 2001, 03:15:40
 
S.S.

get it?

d@ ...   Shared Source...   
d@
May 4, 2001, 03:27:03
 
Joe's statement is rather astute. Th ...   Re: Pretty funny   
Ted Staberow
May 4, 2001, 03:31:11
 
Microsoft is marketing to management, af ...   Marketing to Management   
Ed Craig
May 4, 2001, 04:00:20
 
>threatening to undermine the software i ...   Actually, I agree with ...   
g.r.r.
May 4, 2001, 07:46:27
 
read this http://lameter.com/linux/lapoc ...   Future of M$   
Wolfgang
May 4, 2001, 08:55:14
 
>>...Open source software programming cr ...   open source = poor security ?   
Dom
May 4, 2001, 08:55:37
 
They still have an appeal pending in the ...   It's all PR for the DOJ case   
WillTell
May 4, 2001, 11:08:37
 
With Shared Source, others reviewing it  ...   Shared source and open source   
Jacques
May 4, 2001, 13:20:13
 
That will be a really nice thing to see: ...   Perl   
Matthew
May 4, 2001, 14:20:42
 

Gandhi said:

First, they ignore you ...   Microsoft is willing to have a fightt.   
Idan Sofer
May 4, 2001, 16:10:31
 
Yah sure--if you funnel the money anywhe ...   What would you expect from a Monopoly?   
dc
May 5, 2001, 00:21:27
 
To quote Mundie "flimsy,flawed" this act ...   Another thought....   
dc
May 5, 2001, 00:26:57
 
Why are we giving MS free publicity....
 ...   Free Publicity for MS: the 'Exec of the Week&#   
David Acklam
May 5, 2001, 05:51:25
 
Never think these guys are dumb, of cour ...   Re: Free Publicity for MS: the 'Exec of the We   
PS
May 5, 2001, 15:27:52
 
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