Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Sat 9th Aug 2008 23:00 UTC, submitted by pas de calais
GNU, GPL, Open Source When the story about Microsoft shelling out $100,000 to Apache for ASF sponsorship broke across my radar it rather tickled my funny bone and my curiosity. When ASF Chairman Jim Jagielski declared that "Microsoft's sponsorship makes it clear that Microsoft 'gets it' regarding the ASF" I had a fit of the giggles and then, like many others, I started to ponder on the reasons why and what it actually meant. Gary Richmond explores Microsoft's motives. You can read the full article at Freesoftware Magazine
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RE[5]: Comment by flanque
by startxjeff on Mon 11th Aug 2008 14:01 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Comment by flanque"
startxjeff
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Linux has stopped bringing new things to the table for a long time.


It's hard to improve upon perfection.

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