____/ Phil Da Lick! on Friday 14 March 2008 15:36 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Samba: EC ruling made Microsoft talk again Video icon
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>> | Tridgell went onto say that the 2004 European Commission decision broke
>> | the ice between the company and open-source developers and that "the
>> | channels of communication are now basically open again", despite
>> | Microsoft's ongoing disputes with the EU's legislative body.
>> `----
>>
>> http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000000121,39365994,00.htm?r=1
>
> "In the early days of Samba we had a very good relationship with a
> number of their engineers," Tridgell said. "We talked to them directly
> about problems with the protocol and shared a lot of stuff."
>
> The Samba author said the geniality between Microsoft and the
> open-source community came to an abrupt halt a few years ago, after
> Microsoft's lawyers "got in the way".
>
> *sigh*
>
> Lawyers.
>
> :(
Microsoft's bread and butter (maybe marketers also). As for software, Microsoft
buys software. It does not develop much.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm
'Asked about these problems, Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business
security product manager, told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the code itself
has pieces missing.
"Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products. It's not a bad
product, but bits and pieces are missing," said Edelmann.'
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