Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 08:52:54 -0600 From: Daniel Baker <dbaker@wrangler.cuckoo.com> To: Sam Eaton <sam@pavilion.net>, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Microsoft's Open Source strategy (was: Ariel Faigon: The Holloween Document (fwd)) Message-ID: <19981103085254.E23407@wrangler.cuckoo.com> In-Reply-To: <19981103133312.E15717@pavilion.net>; from Sam Eaton on Tue, Nov 03, 1998 at 01:33:12PM %2B0000 References: <19981102172140.J354@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.981101235934.5323B-100000@current1.whistle.com> <19981103133312.E15717@pavilion.net>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On 03-Nov-1998, Sam Eaton wrote: > On Mon, Nov 02, 1998 at 12:01:43AM -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > > > I doubt this document has come from microsoft. [snip] > Just saw this on : > http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/15990.html [snip] > So looks like it might well be for real. > > Doesn't make it an accurate assement of the state of Open Source > Software, but it does make it an interesting explanation of MickySofts > world view... You could be correct, however, it may be that Vinod is an extremist whose is completely attempting to revolutionize Microsoft's business strategy. While quite interesting, I don't find the article incredibly incriminating; had a Linux bigot who wasn't employed by Microsoft written a similar memo, it wouldn't have attracted the huge masses of attention that this memo has simply because the general population views Vinod's opinions as somewhat more authoritative because he's one of the thousands of people that Micrsofot employees. Warmly, Daniel -- dbaker@cuckoo.com - CuckooNet Consultant - www.cuckoo.com [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: UwLRf5cGfl70i787RvQJkTYwVN/ae5q4 iQA/AwUBNj8KtakRxAgyUTYnEQLvugCeIysIgvI8P1ZApc/t0o/ELkGx2JAAoLTU f0jgYksSiKL6s/OamoECjcYo =xrXi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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