Should Microsoft Really Bundle Open Source Software? | Linux Today

Should Microsoft Really Bundle Open Source Software?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 5, 2007

“I recently wrote about Microsoft’s ‘annoying’ tendency to
duplicate the efforts of perfectly capable Open Source Software
already in existence. In the post, he references this post by Scott
Bellware which lists several cases in which Microsoft duplicated
the efforts of OSS software.

“Ayende is not convinced by the fear factor argument around
issues of software pedigree, patents, and legal challenges. Jon
Galloway wrote about this argument a while ago in his post Why
Microsoft can’t ship open source code…”


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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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