I had his previous story quoted verbatim reach the front page of Digg. Here
is the outcome:
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| My post yesterday on Microsoft stirred up quite a hornet's nest.
|
| Not just here, either.
|
| Michael Francisco of Microsoft's Port 25 project was kind enough to send
| a personal e-mail. "Be assured, we are not abandoning the Open Source
| conversation. Quite the contrary; through Port 25, we are working to
| create a community wherein constructive communication can take place,"
| he wrote. (Want to go there? OK.)
|
| This is one step down the open source road, but for all proprietary vendors
| it's a journey of 1,000 miles. Throwing out some code under a restrictive
| license and looking for "constructive communication" are fine, but they
| are baby steps.
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| Engaging fully with the community, rather than just through your own site
| where you will get "constructive" communication, is another step. These are
| steps I noted Microsoft has retreated from lately.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=679
I have begun sending PJ copies of some stories as well.
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