Why Microsoft can't ship open source code
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| The problem boils down to code pedigree, the nightmare scenario,
| and software patents.
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http://weblogs.asp.net/jgalloway/archive/2007/05/02/why-microsoft-can-t-ship-open-source-code.aspx
Core, Complement, and Context: Channeling Geoffrey Moore on Open Source
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| But this is also why I maintain that Microsoft could now publish most
| of their software using open source licenses to advantage --
| including Windows and Office (were it legally possible). Their
| core competency today is actually tied up in the capital (human
| knowledge and physical) and processes that enable the Windows and
| Office distros and support to be delivered through the global
| channel, and no longer in the source code base itself. Microsoft
| could use open source communities to re-invigorate the franchises.
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http://stephesblog.blogs.com/my_weblog/2007/05/core_complement.html
Related:
Dear Mr. Gates: save Vista, open-source it
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| Although Microsoft may claim otherwise, Vista, from both from a technical
| and business point of view, is proving to be a failure. Why not turn it
| over to people who have shown time after time that they can deliver
| the goods?
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http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2930812631.html
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