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____/ Doug Mentohl on Saturday 31 January 2009 16:19 : \____
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> One of the biggest challenges facing the federal government is it
> doesn't really understand the current state of its IT departments ..
>
> Q: What did you think upon learning that Obama's administration tapped
> Sun's Scott McNeely to compile a report on open source for the government?
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> A: First of all, Microsoft's stance on open source is not "we hate it."
> Typically, people think that Microsoft and open source are oil and
> water. That's not the case. As for McNeely's comments, it's an
> interesting concept, the document, and we're very interested in reading
> it when it comes out ..
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> http://snipurl.com/b257a
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http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/-microsofts-advice-the-obama-administration-/2009/01/30/3953823.htm
Microsoft hates Open Source. It refers to "OSS" as an enemy in internal
documents.
Microsoft open source = you give to us (and to Windows), for free.
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