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eWeek: Microsoft Makes a Mea Culpa for Hiring Situation

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 11, 2005

“Microsoft on Friday issued a mea culpa for not doing its due
diligence before sending Linux and open-source luminary Eric
Raymond an e-mail expressing interest in having him work for the
Redmond software giant.

“But Microsoft Corp. spokesman Mark Martin told eWEEK on Friday
that the company remains committed to employing talented
people–regardless of their background…”

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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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