Microsoft's New Tune
| posted by Marc HausmanOpen source advocates cheered in the streets yesterday. That's because
Microsoft announced it is releasing 30,000 pages of documentation for Windows
(both desktop and server products) that were previously available to partners
through a trade secret license.
Microsoft has finally capitulated to the
open source movement by making Windows more interoperable with other software
and the Web.
TechCrunch's Erick Schonfeld described this as Microsoft "singing a new
tune." Basically,
that the gang in Redmond has had a change in thinking about how to view open
source.
Microsoft Sings a New Tune - Wants to Play Nice with Open
Source
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/21/microsoft-sings-a-new-tune%e2%80%94wants-to-play-nice-with-open-source/
No
way. I think the headline to Erick's post is misleading. If Microsoft could
continue to drive revenue from its anti-open source approach they absolutely
would. There's no reason to give away what you can sell.
Rather,
Microsoft's leadership has come to the realization that the way they will
continue to grow the business is by embracing (rather than fighting) open
source.
The battle has been won. Open source it is!
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