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Computerworld Australia: Microsoft Learning Lessons About Code Sharing

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“Microsoft claims it is learning valuable lessons about code
sharing from the open source community declaring free software on
Windows as ‘good.’

“During a visit to Australia this week Microsoft’s global shared
source manager Jason Matusow said the software giant officially
began its shared source initiative two and a half years ago but the
company has been sharing as far back as 1991.

“It was implemented in response to customer demand as they were
considering open source, he said…”


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