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Silicon.com: “Linux is Great” Says Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 12, 2003

“Microsoft has admitted it has a soft spot for Linux–but it
thinks open source users don’t share the same enthusiasm.

“The Microsoft attitude towards the competition du jour has
taken a turn towards the distinctly tolerant and speaking at the
Microsoft IT Forum in Copenhagen, Bradley Tipp, the software
company’s UK national systems engineer, said: ‘We have nothing
against open source, from Microsoft’s point of view, it’s not a
religious thing, it’s not them versus us… there are a lot of
things we have learnt and there are a lot of things we should learn
from open source…'”

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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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