__/ [ hanumizzle@xxxxxxxxx ] on Saturday 15 July 2006 08:31 \__
> nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Quote:
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>> Scott Collison, former director of platform strategy at Microsoft, and
>> Jason Allen, a former development manager for XML Web Services, have
>> started a new company dedicated to helping businesses choose the
>> open-sourced software that best fits their needs....
>> --------------
>> End quote
>
> > The seond quoted paragraph was supposed to be:
> > -------------
> > Some big Microsoft names are involved in the startup. Paul Maritz, who
> > served as a member of the executive committee and manager of the
> > overall Microsoft company from 1986 to 2000, and Pradeep Singh, who
> > spent nine years at Microsoft in various management positions, are some
> > of the major investors. So will Ohloh surf off into the sunset? Who
> > knows, but it will be interesting to watch.
> > -----------------------
>>
>> http://arstechnica.com/journals/microsoft.ars/2006/7/14/4655
>
> Utterly LOLarious.
FWIW, there is an interesting perspective about it at:
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS3268188983.html
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