__/ [ Guy Fawkes ] on Sunday 18 February 2007 14:23 \__
> "Doug Mentohl" <doug_mentohl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> schreef in bericht
> news:19tvu3kaygvb5.v4ui5oc9pgp1.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 'It's no secret that Microsoft has been analyzing the open-source world
>> for
>> a few years now from a competitive perspective. Microsoft is endeavoring
>> to
>> emulate some open-source best practices with projects like its officelabs
>> incubator effort'
>>
>> "For about 25 years, I worked in the proprietary UNIX, FreeBSD, and Linux
>> world. We were using open source software before it was called open
>> source,"
>
> It won't work. The best thing they can do is build up some open-source
> projects AROUND Windows and Office, i.e. little open-source trinkets that
> work on Windows or inside Office. But the crutch is they'll never
> open-source Windows and Office itself.
Yes, I concur. Without the lockins/hidden APIs model, Microsoft is just
another player in a large market. Customers who know Microsoft's shady past
will turn to other companies. That's what OSS is about. Choice and easy
migrations. No lockins.
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