Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 1st Feb 2008 20:39 UTC, submitted by WillM
GNU, GPL, Open Source "Does Microsoft have an open-source strategy - beyond finding new ways to thwart Linux and other non-proprietary wares? Sam Ramji, Microsoft's Director of Platform Technology Strategy and the company's Open Source Software Lab, says it does. I met with Ramji last week when he was passing through New York on his way to Europe, and had a chance to ask him to provide a succinct definition of what Microsoft means when it refers to its own 'open-source strategy'."
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tomcat
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How about a copy of SQL Server that could be hosted on Linux or FreeBSD?


Microsoft's definition of "open source" is far closer to mySQL's definition than the one you're proposing; that is, corporate customers can see the code, but that's about it.

How about licensing the .NET Framework under X11/MIT or BSD license?


Because the definition of "open source" is larger than just those licenses.

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