Open source: flavour of the month
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| In one of the latest such happenings, CNET reports that a company named
| Aras, which develops software entirely using Microsoft technologies
| released the code to a design application.
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| Sounds a bit funny, as though a liquor outlet were preaching about
| responsible drinking, but open source seems to be a magic term when
| it comes to getting some attention. It also seems to be a nice way
| of getting rid of possible commercial competition.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9634&Itemid=1091
This was mentioned before.
Related:
Using open source as a marketing ploy
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| 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
A New Evangelist for Microsoft
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| 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
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| "Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the
| company completely lost its mind?
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| By Andrew Leonard
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| 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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