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OSDL Skeptical Of Joint Study with Microsoft

Jac writes "An interview with ZDNet reveals the low opinion Stuart Cohen, chief of Open Source Development Labs(OSDL), has of a recent Microsoft proposal to conduct a joint study on on deploying Microsoft Vs Linux. From the article: 'As far as working with Microsoft on a study, Microsoft could probably find one negative line on Linux in a 100-page research report that it would spend $10 million marketing while ignoring the other 99 pages...' An interesting follow-up to a recent Slashdot article.

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  1. Proper thing by hasst · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Ignore them [MS], this is the only proper thing to do. Also, have the balls to launch a campaign agaist "Get the Farts". Fight back! Microsoft is the enemy, like it or not. We don't need to treat them without respect, even fear, still it is our duty to act as in a war.

    PS: I'm not sorry for all the peace loving hippies I might of offended.

  2. No no no by jurt1235 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    My OS is clearly better than your OS! You insesitive clod.

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