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PC Pro: Microsoft Vision of Modelling Draws Cool Response from Open Source leader

[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood
for this link. ]

“Open Source leader Bruce Perens has said that Bill Gates’
vision of customisable software won’t put Microsoft products on the
same footing as Open Source software, which allows users access to
the source code so it can be modified to meet their needs.

“Speaking at the Gartner Symposium in San Diego, California on
Monday, Microsoft’s Chairman and Chief Software Architect, Bill
Gates outlined a change in the way Microsoft’s products are built
and work which will show up over the next few years–initially in
the next release of Visual Studio…”

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