“Microsoft president echoes earlier theme, says company is
weighing open-source development.”
“Microsoft Corp., which in years past has been accused of
hawking vaporware, is reaching into its past to placate corporate
audiences anxious to know how the software giant plans to respond
the challenge posed by the Linux operating system.
“Company president Steve Ballmer, who earlier this year raised
the possibility of embracing the so-called open source approach to
software development, returned to that same theme on Thursday
during a presentation in San Francisco.”