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Computerworld New Zealand: Microsoft: We’ve Been Into Open Source for Years

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 16, 2006

“After listening to Microsoft’s Bill Hilf, one delegate at the
recent government IT managers’ forum, Govis, was heard to say,
‘You’d almost believe Microsoft was the leading supporter of open
source software.’

“Hilf is director of Microsoft’s platform strategy applications
group, the technical team that works with Linux and other open
source initiatives. ‘We’ve been in open source software for years,’
he said, over an audio-conference link aided by slides…”


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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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