Columbia Spectator: Open Source Software Subverts Microsoft Monopoly | Linux Today

Columbia Spectator: Open Source Software Subverts Microsoft Monopoly

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 1998

A few days before Halloween, a former Microsoft employee leaked
to prominent netizen Eric Raymond a confidential internal
document.

Though the illegal, predatory tactics revealed in the document
are damning enough, the real significance of the document comes
from the quality of analysis it gives to the strengths of the open
source software movement.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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