Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Sat 9th Aug 2008 23:00 UTC, submitted by pas de calais
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[7]: Comment by flanque
by Flatland_Spider on Mon 11th Aug 2008 21:47
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Member since:2006-09-01
"Apache is a competitor, but MS doesn't make money off of IIS.
Well they do, because it is a technological barrier that keeps people on Windows once they use it. "
How so? That comment was a little esoteric, so if you could clarify...
"I'm not really sure what plan MS has, but if if ends up with more technology being cross platform that will make me happy.
Where do you get that ridiculous notion from?
I seriously doubt they'll do do anything with $100,000 though and it will all be forgotten pretty quickly. "
I was thinking of the Windows Apache and PHP ports being on par with their *ix counterparts. It would just make my life easier if I could go between Windows and an *ix with a common tool set.
I have no delusions about MS porting their tech to other OSs, and that's not what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Open Source software being made available on the Windows platform.
Yeah, we'll probably never know exactly what the $100 grand bought, but whatever really. Money is meant to be spent after all.
Anyway links that I'm getting my viewpoint from.
http://port25.technet.com/archive/2008/07/25/oscon2008.aspx
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080725-microsoft-to-sponsor-...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-9999824-75.html
RE[8]: Comment by flanque
by dreamlax on Tue 12th Aug 2008 05:46
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Member since:2007-01-04
"[q]Apache is a competitor, but MS doesn't make money off of IIS.
Well they do, because it is a technological barrier that keeps people on Windows once they use it. "
How so? That comment was a little esoteric, so if you could clarify... [/q]
Vendor lock-in is where I think he was heading. If you want to continue using IIS then you must continue to use Windows.
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2005-07-06
Well they do, because it is a technological barrier that keeps people on Windows once they use it.
Where do you get that ridiculous notion from?
I seriously doubt they'll do do anything with $100,000 though and it will all be forgotten pretty quickly.