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Microsoft 'Not Against' Open Source

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The division between proprietary software vendors and open-source providers is not as clear as some industry players perceive it to be. As more enterprises consider adopting open source technologies, even traditional software vendors such as Microsoft have taken steps in responding to such customer needs. "Open source is not a product but an approach to software development," said Matthew Hardman, platform strategy manager at Microsoft Singapore. "Microsoft does not compete with open source, just as Nike does not compete with running." Hardman said the software giant seeks to provide the 'best possible platform' for open source applications to run. "We believe that enterprises and vendors should have a choice of software development methodology, and open source is one such choice."

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techiem2 ·
Quoting:"We believe that enterprises and vendors should have a choice of software development methodology, and open source is one such choice."


They forgot "as long as they pay us for the platform to run it on and pay for plenty of access licenses".
tuxchick ·
And patent licenses. And as long as they don't have to contribute anything back.
jdixon ·
> open source is one such choice.

Unstated: "Unless it's the GPL of course. That's not an option."
vainrveenr ·
... and again the Borg ship draws nigh :

"We are Borg. You (Open Source) will be interoperated upon. GPL-resistance is futile"

garymax ·
Quoting:Microsoft 'Not Against' Open Source


And the wolf wasn't against little red riding hood either...
tracyanne ·
Microsoft has no problems with Open Source Software, what they have a problem with is Free Open Source Software.
Sander_Marechal ·
Microsoft doesn't have a problem with FOSS as much as they have a problem with Linux. They're trying to kick Linux out from under the stack and make it all run on Windows.

That just strengthens my belief that Mono is not about luring Windows programmers onto Linux but the other way around.
hkwint ·
Quoting:Microsoft has no problems with Open Source Software


In fact they do. That's why they rather paid €497M than opening only their protocols.

Quoting:That just strengthens my belief that Mono is not about luring Windows programmers onto Linux but the other way around.


Did read Microsofts 'secret' document "Power Evangelism"? It's still on Ken's a.k.a. Helios' server.

http://lobby4linux.com/documents/MicrosoftWar.pdf

Kind of old, but the mentality is still there. Somewhere across those pages you will read multiple times that platforms are more important than selling Windows.
Sander_Marechal ·
Quoting:In fact they do. That's why they rather paid €497M than opening only their protocols.


But those docs had only one purpose: make other operating systems (a.k.a. Linux) work better with MS protocols.

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