Microsoft to ‘inter-operate’ with open source developers
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| “We want to compete with the products of open source,” he said.
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| To show its willingness to collaborate with open source developers, dela Cruz
| said the company is working with Novell Inc. for technical cooperation in the
| establishment of an open source interoperabi-lity laboratory.
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http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/ceb/2007/09/15/bus/microsoft.to.inter.operate.with.open.source.developers.html
"Compete" -> "collaborate", "technical cooperation" (tax and exclusionarty).
Yes, open source is liked at Microsoft, according to this article. Like
OpenXML... or Silverlight/Moonlight... or OSI... Port 25... or shared shared
source being called "open source" in the press. They pretend to be what they
want to destroy or subvert.
Microsoft Linux? HAHAHA, er, wait a second...
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| What would happen if Microsoft were to come clean about Vista, what a stinker
| it is and decided to base the next version of Windows on a core of FreeBSD?
|
| [...]
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| Why not have a branded version of SLED? See the previous discussion about
| the GPL, whereas the BSD licenses are basically “Give credit and don’t
| pretend you wrote what you didn’t” and they can use BSD code in any
| commercial product they want to.
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http://opseast.wordpress.com/2007/09/13/microsoft-linux-hahaha-er-wait-a-second/
It's a recurring theme now.
Related:
Microsoft markets well (Is Aras an OSS marketing ploy?)
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| Riddle me this: how does a small company that is an all MS
| development shop, with a press release or news piece every 2-3
| months get that kind of PR? My guess is that the Microsoft
| machine kicked in--portraying Microsoft (and Microsoft
| technologies) as legitimate open source community members.
| The whole thing is a sham, but great marketing.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2007/01/microsoft_marke_1.html
"Microsoft says open-source software is un-American. Has the company completely
lost its mind?
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| 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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