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[News] Blasts from the Past: Microsoft Knows Free Software is its Doom, Australia Chooses Open Source

  • Subject: [News] Blasts from the Past: Microsoft Knows Free Software is its Doom, Australia Chooses Open Source
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:45:10 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
A new blog item from the 451 Group point out to this old article:

TechWeb: Embrace open source, retiring Microsoft exec urges

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| A retiring Microsoft executive delivered a kick in the pants to his former 
| employer, warning in a version of his resignation letter that he posted to 
| the Internet that Microsoft is in danger of being swept away by open source.  
`----

http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/biztech/02/20/outgoing.exec/index.html

He was right. That's when Microsoft resorted to crimes (extortion,
co-called 'patent terrorism', abuse, ISO fiddling, and bribery).

BadVista has just had this one:

Aussie CIOs get clearer vista on open source

,----[ Quote ]
| Local chief information officers at a Sydney conference this week were more 
| interested in talking about open source and standards-based software than 
| Microsoft's new operating system.  
`----

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Aussie-CIOs-get-clearer-vista-on-open-source/0,130061733,339273490,00.htm


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