Microsoft Cracking Open the Door To OSS

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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[bl8n8r]

I'm sure this calls for a goatse pic somehow.

Re:Thanks

[twitter]

Maybe one day you'll understand that you'd be far more efficient if you didn't come across as such an asshole.

Only people hoplessly in love with M$ think like that.

Slashdot mod points are not real, you know. They don't validate your existence.

Mod points are not real, but he conversation is. Even you, a paid harassment drone, are dreaming my dream by reading what I write. M$ spends about a billion dollars a month harassing others and promoting themselves, but it all falls apart here where people spend a little of their spare time, memory and critical thinking.

How many times have you posted your anual "XXXX is the year of Linux" deal? What, seven years and counting?

No, I have not been saying that as long as M$ has been working on Vista. This year is the first I've thought of as a tipping point.

I should be more clear.

[twitter]

Only people hoplessly in love with M$ think I'm an asshole, generally because they don't believe in being nice to anyone.