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Microsoft Donates Code To Apache's "Stonehenge" Project

Posted by timothy on from the but-one-dimensional-villains-are-easier-to-comprehend dept.

dp619 writes "Several months after joining the Apache Foundation, Microsoft has made its first code contribution to an Apache project. The project, known as Stonehenge, is made up of companies and developers seeking to test the interoperability of Web standards implementations."Reader Da Massive adds a link to coverage at Computer World.

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  1. Re:I don't get it... by dotancohen · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I would feel much better about Flash if Adobe would just get over itself and open source the client- they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Time is ticking... open sourcing it NOW might be their own weapon against Silverlight.

    After the beating that Sun got for open sourcing it's code? How much Sun hatred have we seen now that OOo is GPL, but Sun retains control over the code development. The open source community is a bunch of ingrates. I use Ubuntu because I _like_ it, not because of some ideal. I use proprietary video drivers, proprietary Flash, and I'd pay for MS Office happily if it ran on Ubuntu. Opening the code only gives _users_ the ability to bitch _more_ about the product, not less. Show some respect for Sun and set an example, first.

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