Microsoft Cuddles up to Open Source | Linux Today

Microsoft Cuddles up to Open Source

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 1, 2008

[ Thanks to Britta Wuelfing for
this link. ]

“Evidence seems to show that Redmond is putting all its
effort into being as transparent as possible with its in-house
products. It currently provides more than 50,000 white papers free
of charge describing the interfaces to some of their products,
notably the Exchange Server and MS SQL. Licensing is required only
for patent-protected interfaces in commercial
products.”


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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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