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Story: Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'
Posted by: Anonymous (Wednesday 12 November 2003, 10:54 PM)
"What is this talk about 'public domain' and 'opensource' software in a same sentence. If someone is afraid of putting its software in to a 'public domain' what does it have do with open-source? "
Good question. When it comes to Microsoft, the press and the average user its the blind leading the blind leading the blind. The average user nor the average journalist don't bother to draw the fine distinctions between Microsoft and anything that is not-Microsoft. This makes it easier for MS PR people and sales reps to make totally ludicrous statements and get away with it. Of course it is also true that these PR people rarely put themselves in a situations where they are subject to follow-up questions.
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Story: Microsoft: 'We should learn from open source'
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But when it comes down to how seriously th... Anonymous -
What is this talk about "public domain" and "open... Anonymous
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Somebody tell Bradley Tipp that I convert all wind... Michael Geier
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Microsoft certainly can learn from Open Source, bu... Wynand Winterbach
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"We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Shane
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Gee, Mr. Tipp. I use open source software most oft... Anonymous
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[Quote] "We haven't talked to a single user who ha... Philip Brink
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I use Open Source software because it is better th... Shane Doucette
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I use open Source Software because it's better and... James Dehnert
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I tend to seperate the ideas of "Free Software" an... Won Kim
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In response to the claim that nobody says they're... David EIsner
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Of course there are good reasons why "Microsoft re... Rodd Clarkson
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"What is this talk about 'public domain' and 'open... Anonymous -
> One Microsoft employee even went so far as to sa... Walter Dnes
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"We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Michael Paddon
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Any chance I could get Tipp's number?
We ditched M... Anonymous
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I use open source software because it's much bette... Rodd Clarkson
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Microsoft's Tipp said: "We haven't talked to a sin... Dennis McClain-Furmanski
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No users mentioned that Open Source was better at... Anonymous
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"We haven't talked to a single user who has said t... Charles Oertel
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learn, but give to it something instead. dmitry
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Well, I use Open Source 'cos it's better.
Free BSD... Anonymous
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Why does Microsoft always claim that "everyone" sh... Anonymous
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Open source V Public Domain
The reason Microsoft i... Anonymous
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When Microsoft starts talking like this, we'd bett... William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno
