Open-source fans mixed on Microsoft move
Posted by: Philipp Esselbach on: 02/22/2008 11:01 AM [ Print | 0 comment(s) ] · 871 views
Infoworld posted a news story that various representatives had a mixed reaction to Microsoft's move Thursday to share details of its technology with open-source programmers.
>> Open-source fans mixed on Microsoft move
| Open-source fans can be a skeptical bunch, but I've seen their collective opinions shift--for example in the gradually diminishing loathing for Sun Microsystems as that company stopped deriding Linux and started moving its portfolio to open-source software. |
>> Open-source fans mixed on Microsoft move
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