[Sheflug] The Real Reason Behind Microsoft's leap into Open Source

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi

http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/the-real-reason-
behind-microsofts-leap-open-source-191251

"  At the end of last week, Microsoft quietly released unexpected 
news: the launch of a wholly owned subsidiary to engage open source 
projects. All the reports stuck to the facts the new president of 
Microsoft Open Technologies, Jean Paoli, was willing to disclose in a 
blog post. I approached Microsoft for more information -- especially 
on why the company took this step -- but received a "no comment" 
beyond Paoli's blog. Given the new company includes all of Microsoft's 
open source evangelists, none of whom are exactly shy, I found this 
reticence remarkable.  "

For my part and for many people who have been involved in open source 
software for a long time we find that Microsoft still do strange things 
to the open source community.

I'll leave you with a simple thought.  Have you noticed how with every 
new release of winduhs the winduhs desktop becomes more of a copy of 
the Linux desktop ?  Dark things are happening out there in the world 
of the graphical user interface.

-- 
Richard

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