Beware when Microsoft reaches out Publication: Newsforge Date: Jun 15 2006 Reporter: Joe Barr eWeek.com this week ran a story entitled "Can Windows and Open Source Learn to Play Nice?" The opening paragraph of that story, written by Peter Galli, reads "Microsoft has been reaching out to the open-source community to try to find ways to overcome the incompatibilities between software distributed under the GNU General Public License and its own commercial software." Anytime I read of Microsoft "reaching out" to someone, the hackles on the back of my neck appear and I hunker down into a defensive position. Read comments Read full article Read full article in new window See other articles by Joe Barr See other articles published by Newsforge Today's headlines Headlines for Jun 15, 2006   Comments Subject Posted by Date FUD by any other name would smell just as bad... pinniped 15 Jun, 04:59 [ all comments ]
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