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Microsoft Director Out to ‘Debunk Mythology Around Open Source’

“‘The Free Software movement is dead. Linux doesn’t exist in
2007. Even Linus has got a job today.’ Controversial statements
from the head of Microsoft’s Linux Labs, Bill Hilf.

“Speaking on the last leg of a tour of Singapore, the
Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, Bill Hilf, more
formally known as Microsoft’s platform strategy director, was in
the region to ‘be descriptive and intelligent in giving people an
understanding of open source and debunk a lot of the mythology
around open source…'”

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