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NY Times: Internal Memo Shows Microsoft Executives’ Concern Over Free Software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 3, 1998

An internal memorandum reflecting the views of some of Microsoft
Corp.’s top executives and software development managers reveals
deep concern about the threat of free software.

… a number of the company’s critics speculated that the
release of the memo might be timed to suggest that… the software
giant faces real competition.


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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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