Transparency, principles, and the Microsoft way...
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| In its short but illustrious history the FOSS movement has been accused
| of being akin to communism. And while the bad old days of the McCarthy
| era are over, this view still makes people a bit antsy. Not many people
| want to be seen internationally as the reds under the bed, and using
| the communist label is still a convenient way of writing off somebody
| you don't like. However, there have been some interesting new
| developments with Microsoft saying things recently that suggests a couple
| of things: Microsoft have decided that they will begrudgingly admit
| that there are some merits in open source (previously referred to by
| their illustrious leader as "communism"); and that Microsoft are softening
| in their old age and have decided that being all powerful is no fun
| if everyone thinks you're the school bully.
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