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Microsoft Receives Open Source VIP Blessing

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the go-with-tux-my-child dept.

* * Beatles-Beatles writes to let us know that Larry Rosen has given his blessing to the new terms that Microsoft is Making their Office XML Reference Schema available under. Rosen, "the attorney that wrote the book on open source licensing and the man who was the Open Source Initiative's first general counsel and secretary," described this move as the "most significant olive branch to date" to come from the Redmond software giant.

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  1. Re:Submitter is a link spammer-stop posting his st by snero3 · · Score: 5, Informative

    You definitely have a point there. Might be something taco should look into? But just remember your point always has more impact when you sign your post with your name and not just AC.

    If you believe in it stand up for it don't just hide in the back ground.

    --
    It said "windows 98 or better" so I installed Linux
  2. Re:Since when... by blane.bramble · · Score: 5, Informative

    The original company name is MicroSoft, hence the abbreviation to MS. Go look at some old MS products, and you will see the original logo.

  3. Re:Submitter is a link spammer-stop posting his st by BarryNorton · · Score: 5, Informative
    OK, I take it back - here's the one I could find that wasn't approved by ScuttleMonkey:

    FEC Deciding Future of Political Blogs


    Here are the ones (currently indexed by Google) that were:

    Wifi Camera Uploads without Computer

    Microsoft Adopts Virtual Licenses

    Cisco Updates Network Security Technology

    Google and Oregon Launch Open Source Initiative

    Open-Source Insurance

    Archaeological [sic] Uncovers a New Name

    New Server Chip Niagara

    Sprint Launchings Music to Mobile Downloads

    MIT Wireless Campus Tracking Users

    Consumer Friendly Downloads?

    Paris Accelerates Move to Open Source