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[News] The Secret Plan Behind Microsoft's Open Source Embrace-to-Destroy Strategy

  • Subject: [News] The Secret Plan Behind Microsoft's Open Source Embrace-to-Destroy Strategy
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2007 02:11:06 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Microsoft's open-source strategy coming into focus

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| "It has assumed that any direct investment or interaction with OSS (open 
| source software) would send a false signal to the industry regard its 
| long-term business strategies, (which is) a heavy focus on intellectual 
| property investment and control," Driver said.    
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http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=87947&src=site-marq


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Uh Oh. Another Smooth Move from Microsoft: Watch out, Ruby. Watch out OSI.

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| Let me please clarify something for you. Most of us do *not* want Microsoft 
| to participate. I would like to personally barricade Microsoft out, until it 
| alters its negative, rapacious and hostile behavior toward the GPL and FOSS. 
| And so should you.   
| 
| Speaking for myself, I wouldn't invite them to speak at conferences or take 
| their money. I know. That's the hard part for some. I wouldn't pretend the 
| company isn't what it is, because it *is* what it is. This is starting to 
| feel like Wonderland, where Alice finds that up is down and large is small 
| and nothing is the same or logical. Think tea party strange.Why would anyone 
| want Microsoft to participate? Seriously. Why? And no, patent deals with 
| Novell don't make me like them. I despise them for what they did, and I know  
| what it means. They intend to coopt Linux, destroy the GPL, and hop on board 
| to make some money, honey. Oh, and kill it if it doesn't wish to be ridden, 
| while isolating and rendering pointless and helpless all developers who won't 
| go along. Why would you hope for that? Seriously. Why?          
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070730120109643

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