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A tour of the Microsoft open source lab

A tour of the Microsoft open source lab

Posted Mar 23, 2008 21:07 UTC (Sun) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767)
In reply to: A tour of the Microsoft open source lab by sramji
Parent article: A tour of the Microsoft open source lab

"""
I realize you have many frustrations with the company's history,
"""

Oh?  All in the past now, is it?  

And Stephen's work led to the discussions with Samba? Are you sure that pending
multi-hundred-billion euro fines from the EU didn't influence the decision just a bit?  At
least we know now that $1.4 billion is the threshold where MS actually notices.  I don't
believe that the treachery is intended, by your company, to be "all in the past".  But I am
hopeful that with the help of ongoing investigations and watchdog efforts by the EU, that the
treachery *will* end here and now, for good.  Finally, someone had the guts and the clout to
take on MS and make some headway.  Save your PR for the EC, because I strongly suspect you're
going to need all you can get.  And it's pretty ineffective on people who have been watching
you so closely all these years and know better.

As an advocate and implementor of Unix in small business, you guys have been stepping on my
toes, unfairly, for coming up on 20 years.  And I'm keeping plenty of popcorn handy for the
duration of this part of the show.


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A tour of the Microsoft open source lab

Posted Mar 23, 2008 22:10 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Er, I don't think even the EU would impose multi-hundred-*billion* euro 
fines. ;}

(claiming one pedant point; your point was clear regardless)

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