[SLUG] Microsoft opens source code to govts

From: Frank Roberts - SOTL (sotl155360@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Jan 15 2003 - 08:49:00 EST


Hi All
I have 2 views on posting this news notice:
1) It is not Linux so don't post it.
2) Linux is having some dynamic effects so post it.

2 won out over 1 because this is major conformation that MS is on the
defensive.

Frank
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Microsoft opens source code to govts

REUTERS[ WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2003 11:52:02 AM ]

SEATTLE: In an unprecedented move, Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would
open its source code -- the software giant's closely guarded blueprints for
programs -- to governments and international organizations worldwide.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?artid=34447517



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