After takin' a swig o' grog, Matt belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> | Giga Information Group analyst Rob Enderle says Microsoft is trying to
>> | win the hearts and minds of computer science college students who are
>> | currently enamored of Linux and open source.
>> |
>> | Giga's Enderle maintains Microsoft chose FreeBSD because it's "viewed
>> | as being neutral, whereas Linux is viewed as being a competing
>> | platform."
>> `----
>>
>> http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=2004
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> It could do minor damage by drawing some potential developers away from
> the GPL and fragmenting the free software movement.
I think Microsoft adopted it because they can do an Apple with FreeBSD.
That is all.
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