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CNET News: Is Open Source Getting to Microsoft?

“Microsoft’s decision to not enforce patents on Web services
standards underscores the growing acceptance of core open-source
tenets.

“The software giant on Tuesday published the Microsoft Open
Specification Promise, a document that says that Microsoft will not
sue anyone who creates software based on Web services technology, a
set of standardized communication protocols designed by Microsoft
and other vendors…”


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