Groklaw: Halloween Memo I Confirmed and Microsoft’s History on Standards

“When Eric Raymond published the first Halloween Memo, ‘Open
Source Software: A (New?) Development Methodology,’ some wondered
if it was authentic.

“Later, Microsoft sort of confirmed the authenticity in its own
style (‘Although Microsoft has not attempted to perform a
line-for-line review of the posted documents, they do appear to be
confidential Microsoft documents with annotation, sent internally
to select staff and management on Aug. 11, 1998’).

“We need wonder no more…”

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