[ Thanks to Matt for
this link. ]
“Microsoft Corp. may in the future be forced to lower its
software prices as a result of the growth of open source, the
company cautioned in its latest filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.“In its latest 10-Q quarterly filing, Microsoft said that the
popularization of the open-source movement continues to pose a
significant challenge to its business model.“This threat includes ‘recent efforts by proponents of the open
source model to convince governments worldwide to mandate the use
of open source software in their purchase and deployment of
software products…'”