Microsoft to open source some of Silverlight
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| Microsoft's rather unconventional move to embrace the open-source
| community could be a response to Adobe System's announcement earlier
| this week that it will open source the SDK for its Flex RIA
| development environment by the end of the year.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070427/tc_infoworld/88119
Make no mistake. It's intended to make the Web incompatible with GNU/Linux.
Would you use Windows if it was GPL?
,----[ Quote ]
| I believe that Linux would be greatly suppressed if Windows ever
| became GPL software. Don't worry about this happening, because it
| probably never will. I predict that Windows will be forced to
| continually lower its price to compete with Linux, and perhaps
| someday giving their software away.
`----
http://useopensource.blogspot.com/2007/04/would-you-use-windows-if-it-was-gpl.html
Related:
Dear Mr. Gates: save Vista, open-source it
,----[ Quote ]
| Although Microsoft may claim otherwise, Vista, from both from a technical
| and business point of view, is proving to be a failure. Why not turn it
| over to people who have shown time after time that they can deliver
| the goods?
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2930812631.html
Microsoft's 'Everywhere' excludes Linux
,----[ Quote ]
| This browser add-on enables rendering of WPF content, but
| "Everywhere" doesn't include Linux.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7794/53/
ECIS Accuses Microsoft of Plotting HTML Hijack
,----[ Quote ]
| An industry coalition that has represented competitors of Microsoft
| in European markets before the European Commission stepped up its
| public relations offensive this morning, this time accusing
| Microsoft of scheming to upset HTML's place in the fabric of
| the Internet with XAML, an XML-based layout lexicon forn
| etwork applications.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/ECIS_Accuses_Microsoft_of_Plotting_HTML_Hijack/1169824569
Software rivals say Microsoft's Vista illegal in Europe (at CNNMoney.com)
,----[ Excerpt ]
| Software manufacturers, citing 2004 European Commission finding,
| contend the operating system violates server laws in Europe.
|
| [...]
|
| "Vista is the first step of Microsoft's strategy to extend its market
| dominance to the Internet," the ECIS statement said.
|
| It said Microsoft's XAML markup language was "positioned to replace HTML,"
| the industry standard for publishing documents on the Internet.
|
| Microsoft's own language would be dependent on Windows, and discriminatory
| against rival systems such as Linux, the group says.
|
| They said a so-called "open XML" platform file format, known as OOXML, is
| designed to run seamlessly only on the Microsoft Office platform.
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http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/26/news/international/bc.vista.microsoft.eu.reut/index.htm?source=yahoo_quote
Why Microsoft should open-source SQL Server and SharePoint
,----[ Quote ]
| This time, the former Softie is making a case for why Microsoft
| should consider open-sourcing some of its crown jewels, includingS
| QL Server and SharePoint.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=206
Aras Ushering in 'Microsoft Enterprise Open Source'
,----[ Quote ]
| Aras Innovator 8 requires Microsoft Windows Server 2003 with .NET
| 2.0 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The software is freely available
| from the Aras website. The software's CodePlex project page is
| located here.
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http://www.enterpriseitplanet.com/networking/news/article.php/3654756
Using open source as a marketing ploy
,----[ Quote ]
| This is typical trend riding fluff. If you go the Aras website you
| read about "Microsoft Enterprise Open Source Solutions", which is
| comical in and of itself.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/more_open_sourc.html
Soft sell for open source apps
,----[ Quote ]
| When vendors aren't counting licenses, they're free to concentrate on
| quality code
|
| [...]
|
| Schroer says there's no contradiction between open source and the
| Microsoft software ecosystem. "Microsoft has a particular business
| model that works for them. But around that they're encouraging open
| source development," he explains.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/07/01/15/03OPopenent_1.html
A New Evangelist for Microsoft
,----[ Quote ]
| When I first heard about this? let's call it "rumor," I have to admit
| that I was rather shocked at the very prospect of Microsoft wanting
| to bring on an "open source" evangelist into their ranks.
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http://www.osweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2432&Itemid=449
,----[ Quote ]
| "Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the
| company completely lost its mind?
|
| - - - - - - - - - - - -
| By Andrew Leonard
|
| Feb. 15, 2001 | Once upon a time, Microsoft executives confined
| their criticism of Linux and free software to old-fashioned FUD
| -- fear, uncertainty and doubt. Linux wasn't good enough for
| enterprise-class systems, they declared. You couldn't get
| quality support, and it was too hard and clunky for average users.
|
| Fair enough. But now, judging by comments made Wednesday by
| Microsoft's operating systems chief Jim Allchin (and reported
| by Bloomberg News), it turns out that free and open-source
| software is something far worse than anyone could possibly have
| imagined. It is nothing less than a threat to the American
| way of life! "
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http://archive.salon.com/tech/log/2001/02/15/unamerican/index.html
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