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Seven Reasons Microsoft Loves Open Source

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the conference-trolls dept.

tlockney writes "Next week at Microsoft's MIX, whurley will be leading a discussion on 'Open Source, the Web, Interoperability, and Microsoft'. To kick off a bit of pre-session discussion and enlist the help of others in putting Microsoft on the spot, whurley, king of all things open source at BMC has written an article entitled 'Seven Reasons Microsoft Loves Open Source'."

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  1. Re:Reason zero by Chouonsoku · · Score: 3, Funny

    They're saving that for the press conference that covers "Why Microsoft Dislikes Open Source".

  2. "loves" used very loosely by neuro.slug · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft : open source :: Prisonmate Bubba : his bitches

    Where I'm from, they have another word besides "love" for that.

  3. WHAT? by theolein · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's like:
    7 reasons a mouse likes a cat
    7 reasons why oil likes water
    7 reasons why intelligent design likes pasta
    or
    7 reasons why office users like clippy

  4. 7 reasons Microsoft loves Open Source - RTFA by commodoresloat · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's a cookbook!!

  5. Catagorized List: by crhylove · · Score: 3, Funny

    1. We can steal code!
    2. We can steal ideas!
    3. We can steal design!
    4. We can release a version that doesn't turn off noobies!
    5. We can make a proprietary competitor and wipe the original FOSS off the map with our hegemony!
    6. We can put out a press release about how we invented something again!
    7. We can steal code!

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