Microsoft and open source
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How Microsoft Learned to Stop Worrying and (Almost) Love Open Source | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
Allison also points out that Microsoft’s Samba contribution is worthy of praise only because the company was so cold to the open source community for so many years. He says that his boss — Google open source kingpin Chris DiBona — doesn’t quite see the point of patting Microsoft on the back. “You do realize,” DiBona told Allison, “that you’re applauding them for doing something you do every day.”
“Yeah,” said Allison. “I know.”
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