Re: [Hampshire] Red Hat Welcomes Microsoft's Kernel Contribu…

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Author: John Cooper
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Red Hat Welcomes Microsoft's Kernel Contribution
pavithran wrote:
> 2009/7/21 Andy Random <andy.random@???>:
>> As thelargest corporate contributor to the Linux kernel, Red Hat would like to
>> acknowledge this and encourage Microsoft to continue on this path.
>
> That's quite an optimistic move by redhat , after all this shows a
> fall in the quality of closed software and an interest towards open
> source software !
>

With M$ history I suggest it is part of a plan to muscle in on OSS and
keep control of it. It does show they are losing control and need to do
something drastic. Abusive monopolists don't change their spots!

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