Microsoft Keeps Eye on Open-Source Prize

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday February 20, 2006 @05:17AM 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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Error in title, please fix by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-20 05:20 · Score: 5, Funny

Should read "Microsoft Keeps Eye on Open-Source PR"
talk about flipping a metaphor! by Infoport · 2006-02-20 05:38 · 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....