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Microsoft Keeps Eye on Open-Source Prize

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the never-ending-duel dept.

Rob writes to tell us that at the recent Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco Microsoft's director of platform technology strategy, Bill Hilf, outlined why Microsoft is staying involved with open source. From the article: "Challenges of working [coopetively] in the open-source space include the balance between competing and cooperating with a rival, he said. Perception also is a 'big' challenge for the software giant. 'In many regards, the Microsoft open-source story lends itself to a great metaphor of David and Goliath,' he said. 'That is a challenge over perception.'"

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  1. Error in title, please fix by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Should read "Microsoft Keeps Eye on Open-Source PR"

  2. On target by Jordan+Catalano · · Score: 4, Funny

    Microsoft views open source through the lens of "coopetition from commercial and open-source strategies at the same time," Hilf said.

    Did he mean to say "through the lens of a high-powered rifle's croshairs"?

  3. Freudian slip!!! by advocate_one · · Score: 4, Funny
    Challenges of working [coopetively] in the open-source space include the balance between competing and cooperating with a rival,

    never a truer word spoken... Microsoft loves to coopt software... hates giving back though... just absolutely loves the BSD license

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    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  4. I guess that... by Avillia · · Score: 4, Funny

    A large blue screen saying there was a critical error at 0x000000 is a 'A challenge over perception.' as well? /had to be done.

  5. perceptions by gEvil+(beta) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perception also is a 'big' challenge for the software giant.

    Indeed. Many people "perceive" their software to be bloated and buggy.

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    This guy's the limit!
  6. Perception by truthsearch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perception of Microsoft: "There are people who don't like capitalism, and people who don't like PCs. But there's no one who likes the PC who doesn't like Microsoft." - Bill Gates

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    Developers: We can use your help.
  7. talk about flipping a metaphor! by Infoport · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've heard that David and Goliath metaphor before... ...except that usually Micro$oft is the Goliath.

    I can't belive that they DARE to try to use David vs Goliath as a metaphor in THEIR FAVOR!
    Poor little beaten-down monopoly....

  8. Re:Is this a case of david defeating the goliath by EvilIdler · · Score: 3, Funny

    Are you calling open source developers a bundle of sticks?
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faggot