[ Thanks to Jason
Greenwood for this link. ]
“If there’s one thing I learned from my recent sojourn into the
depths of Microsoft’s future vision, it’s that the concept and
popularity of open source software has shaken Redmond to its core.
Much of this new vision is the direct result of how Linux and open
source have galvanized Redmond’s management team. This is why
Microsoft has upped the feature ante on so many platforms at once:
to overwhelm customers with new technologies you simply can’t get
from open source…”