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Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Microsoft forges ties with open source maker Zend
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Microsoft Corp. and Zend, a key supplier of tools
>| used to design open-source software that competes with
>| Microsoft Windows programs, said on Tuesday the two companies
>| have struck a long-term partnership.
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061031/tc_nm/microsoft_zend_dc_1
>
> They seek to acquire a rival here. Oddly enough, they have also been
> sponsoring PHP conference while promoting ASP .Net. Then, also come to think
> of XenSource. Microsoft seeks to intervene with the plans of its rivals. Let
> the fox take care of the henhouse...
>
> OpenVZ could probably save Xen though, thanks to its Open Source nature.
It could be useful to maintain a list of those apparently open-source
companies which are in reality forging "strategic partnerships" or
similar with Microsoft. It's very helpful to know who can be trusted
and who cannot.
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| Mark Kent -- mark at ellandroad dot demon dot co dot uk |
You can't evaluate a man by logic alone.
-- McCoy, "I, Mudd", stardate 4513.3
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