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Is open source getting to Microsoft?

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on · 2 comments
ZDNet; By Martin LaMonica 		Mail this story
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The software giant on Tuesday published the Microsoft Open Specification Promise, a document that says that Microsoft will not sue anyone who creates software based on Web services technology, a set of standardized communication protocols designed by Microsoft and other vendors. Reaction to the surprise news was favorable, even from some of Microsoft's rivals.

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henke54 ·
from that article :

Quoting:"In the future, I am sure we will take positions on IP (intellectual property) that will not be so agreeable to various constituencies," wrote Jason Matusow, Microsoft's director of standards affairs, in his blog.
r_a_trip ·
That looks like the Microsoft we all know and loathe.

People considering on using those specifications under the promise, should tread very carefully. Microsoft has never been a company that gives without ulterior motives.

I wouldn't be surprised if these web-technologies carry a boobytrap of some sort.

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