“Some in the Linux community have accused the software giant of
masterminding a plan to undermine open source…”
“NetProject director, Eddie Bleasdale, said the open source
movement has nothing to fear from Microsoft. “The open source
community should really be ignoring the attacks that we’re getting
from Microsoft. We’ve got a completely new philosophy and a
completely new approach to the way we should be developing
computers.”
“Consultant Peter Hollands of Dale Strategies, agrees: “The
issue is not really between Linux and Microsoft, it’s about Linux
and open source versus commercial, traditionally-produced code,
regardless of whether it’s Microsoft or some other vendor.”