St. Petersburg Times: Microsoft & IBM Come Courting

“‘The people at Microsoft know our environment, understand what
our needs are and help us meet strategic goals,’ said Barber, the
law firm’s chief technology officer.

“Saru Seshadri, on the other hand, is an open source advocate,
more attuned to IBM’s pitch that software developed by a worldwide
community, freely adaptable to specific needs and sometimes
available at little or no cost in other words, ‘open source’
software is better than a proprietary system…”

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