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Microsoft Cracking Open the Door To OSS

Posted by kdawson on from the competition-and-coexistence dept.

AlexGr sends us to a long piece in Redmond Magazine on Microsoft's changing relationship to open source. The article centers around a profile of Bill Hilf, Microsoft's internal and external evangelist for OSS. It's an even-handed piece that fully reflects the continuing deep skepticism in the community of Microsoft's motives and actions.

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  1. Re:Accomplishments? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    From http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/tnradio /bio/billhilf.mspx:

    "Prior to joining Microsoft, Bill led IBM's Linux/Open Source Software technical strategy at a world-wide level for the Emerging and Competitive markets organization, in addition to his direct customer interaction as a senior enterprise architect. Bill has been involved with Open Source Software (OSS) for over twelve years, and is an IEEE Distinguished Visitor on the subject of OSS."

    What have YOU done for OSS? You OSS zealots (particularly twitter) are doing more harm than good.