A Perspective on Microsoft's Shared Source

Masa writes "ONLamp has an insightful article by Stephen R. Walli about Microsoft Shared Source Initiative and some thoughts, what it would really mean if Microsoft would open-source their operating system. The article gives a nice perspective on the Shared Source Initiative and what it is meant to be. It also shows that even if it might look that Microsoft doesn't understand the value of open source, there actually are some projects under the OSI-approved licenses, for example the WiX Toolset, which is a good example of a successful open source project by Microsoft."

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Re:In case of /.ing

[Anonymous Coward]

Open Source advocate or not, I hope you obtained Mr. Walli's permission to reproduce his article. The "Blog this" option only implies permission to reprint a summary with a link. I don't think a complete reprint on a commercial site qualifies under fair use.

Maybe parent "AC" is actually Mr. Walli?? That would be nice. :)