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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. In the immortal words of Admiral Ackbar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    IT'S A TRAP!

    To all you Microsoft fanboys: you get what pay for. Microsoft has EARNED every single bit of suspicion, distrust, and scorn heaped upon it.

    1. Re:In the immortal words of Admiral Ackbar by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 0, Troll

      To all you Microsoft fanboys: you get what pay for. Microsoft has EARNED every single bit of suspicion, distrust, and scorn heaped upon it.

      I am inclined to say to Hell with Microsoft, for their offensive behaivior they should be BANNED from contributing and access to Open Source. Since when have they gained the moral right to contribute? Certainly licenseing should bar them from Open Source using under any conditions.

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  2. so, is it safe? by Adult+film+producer · · Score: 0, Troll

    taking microsoft contributions to an opensource project.. whats to say that filthy assholes at microsoft won't claim some sort of protected patented IP intellectual secrets in a few years ? Trust microsoft to do the right thing? You would have to be crazy... you can be their lawyers are scheming right now.

  3. Re:I don't get it... by HiThere · · Score: 0, Troll

    ???
    I feel like you are re-writing history a bit. MS was, indeed, involved in those standards. That's quite a bit different from saying it supported them. And the MS .NET is about the opposite of supporting standards in ANY area. It's more about breaking standard ways of operating that already exist and are working.

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  4. Re:Other notable contribution by BhaKi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Sometimes it is possible for only 2 people to win.

    and all others to die.

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  5. Re:How will this turn out? by ozphx · · Score: 1, Troll

    Windows Communication Foundation is a framework so an application can expose services over a variety of protocols with different config changes. One of the protocols supported out the box is SOAP.

    So enjoy spreading that FUD.

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