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- enthreeoh, on 05/08/2009, -3/+17It's probably because Live search sucks so much. They can't figure out how to do it so they want other people to do it.
- theOster, on 05/08/2009, -3/+16i love windows search (the native xp version). i've literally looked in a folder, saw the file i was looking for, ran a search on teh exact file name and nothing came up.
- Anand999, on 05/08/2009, -2/+12I'd say Microsoft is more anti-GPL than they are anti-open source. The software in question here, Hadoop, is under the Apache license. It's similar to the BSD license in that derivative software doesn't have to be open source. The GPL requires derivative software be open source which is the "viral" thing Microsoft likes to rant about.
- inactive, on 05/08/2009, -2/+12And yet I'll still use Google.
- roxgod666, on 05/08/2009, -0/+9What do you expect in the category "Microsoft"?
- haid, on 05/08/2009, -2/+10Nobody, not even MS has a problem taking from open source. Its the sharing thing that is a problem.
- rolf, on 05/08/2009, -1/+9Years ago, Microsoft took their TCP/IP stack from BSD. So I don't see how this story is news, that Microsoft takes from the open source community (without giving much back).
- UselessTrivia, on 05/08/2009, -3/+10Would you be saying the same thing if TomTom was suing Microsoft over the same patent?
U.S. Patent Law sucks, but you still have to abide by it. - nyxerebos, on 05/08/2009, -3/+10Embrace, Extend, Eliminate
- mithrasinvictus, on 05/08/2009, -0/+7Extinguish
- mithrasinvictus, on 05/08/2009, -1/+8I think opening that source would be too embarrassing.
- JQP123, on 05/08/2009, -0/+6"... prime rival Google embraces open source unreservedly."
Really? Do you have the source code for Google's search engine? If so, just send it to Redmond so they can copy it.
Seems Google does have a few reservations with regard to open source ... and for good reasons. - umbriago, on 05/08/2009, -1/+7Matt Asay is an employee of Alfresco, an open-source software vendor. He is the founder of the Open Source Business Conference and continues to serve as its program chair. He serves on the advisory boards of the following open-source companies: MuleSource, Kaltura, SugarCRM, JasperSoft, Loopfuse, Openbravo, Volantis, rSmart, MindTouch, Intoto, and Radview. He has an equity interest in these companies. He formally served on the board of the Open Source Initiative.
no bias here. - duggdowncatisad, on 05/08/2009, -3/+8What's next, the MPAA using torrents to distribute movie trailers?
- rrlaw, on 05/07/2009, -7/+12Interesting, but, I wouldn't say MS's anti-open-source bubble has burst until they stop suing people like TomTom over old and trivial patent.
- esc27, on 05/08/2009, -0/+4I don't think Microsoft is anti-opensource so much as anti GPL. Which makes sense given the GPL is anti microsoft.
- stotty, on 05/08/2009, -0/+4That seems to not be so true any more. They're releasing a livelabs project called WebSandbox, http://livelabs.com/blog/web-sandbox-going-open-so ... Also, check out MS Codeplex.
- DouglasQ, on 05/08/2009, -2/+5Yeah dumbass, ***** you and your lack of encyclopedic knowledge of the Japanese language, you ***** IDIOT!
- JigoroKano, on 05/08/2009, -0/+3The copyright was in the exe files.
- Nimda11, on 05/08/2009, -0/+3Svc Records?
- Quick2822, on 05/08/2009, -2/+5I only use Google, but honestly, Live isn't all that bad. It isn't Google though.
Anyway, with this and Windows 7, it seems like they might be changing attitude. - stotty, on 05/08/2009, -1/+4This isn't their only current folly into opensource. Check out MS LiveLabs, where they have been working on various projects, one of which is now being released under the Apache licence 2.0.
http://livelabs.com/blog/web-sandbox-going-open-so ...
They even have an opensource hosting site called Codeplex. - Nebarik, on 05/08/2009, -3/+6yes it is, dumbass.
kumo is also 'cloud'. really depends on context and the kanji reading - Nimda11, on 05/10/2009, -0/+2I Believe MS initially drafted the spec.
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2782
svc records are cool.... - wbkang, on 05/10/2009, -0/+2GPL is anti-anything-else. Duh? GPL zealots.
- FKnight, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2@mrBitch:
All of the articles you mention are about Microsoft having a problem with Linux. "Linux" is not synonymous with "open source" - it just happens to be an open source project. - DaNuKaSAN, on 05/08/2009, -1/+3Well if you can't beat em'...attract them with open source, and in the darkness bind them!
- sauron256, on 05/12/2009, -0/+2Wow, comparing Windows with a baby shredder is a really fair and balanced comparison!!!
- FKnight, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2@Nimda11:
What about "Svc" (sic) records? - mithrasinvictus, on 05/08/2009, -0/+2"Microsoft has been demonstrating that while it remains skittish about licensing its important software under an open-source license, it is very keen on consuming open-source software and embedding it into its proprietary products."
They are not changing, they just like the free products. - JQP123, on 05/08/2009, -0/+2"Open source isn't here to make money for Microsoft. It's here to provide free and open tools for everyone to use."
"Everyone" doesn't include Microsoft? If not, then it's not really free and open is it? - Anand999, on 05/08/2009, -0/+2The Apache license is a true open source license. Ms-PL and MS-RL have also both been approved by the Open Source Initiative as "true" open source licenses.
- BrownieMix, on 05/08/2009, -0/+2I love that smiley you just used....it's cute <3
- FKnight, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2@Hermmunster:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ms-pl.html
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/ms-rl.html
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/apache2.0.php
According to the people who decide what Open Source means, you're wrong. - arunforce, on 05/08/2009, -0/+2Kumo and Wolfram Alpha.
Damn, competition is good. - mrBitch, on 05/08/2009, -1/+3@ JasonCox, RE: "... Microsoft has never been anti-open source... "
Oh REALLY ?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer ...
( Ballmer links Linux to communism )
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/02/ballmer_li ...
Ballmer : "“Linux is a cancer... "
Microsoft Research document on the "MS Message" re using Linux :
http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/halloween7.html
"... Microsoft's FUD attacks on open source have not only failed, they have backfired strongly enough to show up in Microsoft's own market research as a problem. This means we don't need to put a lot of energy into anti-FUD defending the open-source way of doing things. Indications are we've won that battle; effort should now go elsewhere." - FKnight, on 05/09/2009, -0/+2@rrlaw
It is my understanding that patent law goes both ways. In order for Microsoft to maintain its patents, they are bound by law to sue those that infringe. At least, that's my understanding. - Hermmunster, on 05/08/2009, -0/+1I think you misunderstand what Microsoft's version of open source is. It isn't like open source in the long standing definition of the term. Microsoft said they were going to kill open source. Their tactics in the past were to embrace, extend, extinguish.
Microsoft's embracing of open source to date really has been an opening of the source without the ability to take from it and re-use it in any way in a product and on another platform.
Microsoft has never ever done anything open source. They have just opened the source, that's it. - iamkalabaw, on 05/08/2009, -4/+5FYI : Kumo is ”spider” in Japanese.
- FKnight, on 05/09/2009, -0/+1The ODF support in Office 2007 SP2 is worse than useless. There are only two explanations:
1. It's an intentional middle finger at ODF supporters.
2. Microsoft is actually so stupid that they can't code.
At this point, I can't even tell which it is anymore. - TnTBass, on 05/08/2009, -0/+1I would be happy to see open standards from Microsoft, not just open source software. Open source is nice, but providing open standards so that any software can access their proprietary systems would be a great leap forward. Then they can focus on making their products better than the competition, instead of locking customers into their software so they have no choice.
- HavocXphere, on 05/08/2009, -0/+1And in other news, Microsoft is doing its best to screw the open ODF standard:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_now_attempt_t ... - 4321234, on 05/12/2009, -1/+2Now that you mention it, I can't name a single manufacturer of baby shredders that's faced multiple criminal charges for their monopolistic business practices. I apologize if my remark was unfair to the baby shredding industry.
- Noncentz, on 05/08/2009, -2/+3THERE IS AS YET INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR A MEANINGFUL ANSWER
- mahadiga, on 05/08/2009, -0/+1Vindicates
1. Open source promotes Entrepreneurship.
2. Closed source promotes Employment. - h0llywoodwh0re, on 09/15/2009, -0/+1Microsoft needs to make everything open source, in my opinion (proper open source at that.) I've boycotted as many products as I can, Microsoft isn't my technological love these days. Boo!
- dawngordon, on 09/11/2009, -0/+1I have to agree with the article, about open source for its CORE products, would love for him to throw out an open source publisher LOL out of my price range right now, so I am using open source scribus right now
- BrownieMix, on 05/08/2009, -0/+1Microsoft should make Internet Explorer, Paint, and Windows Movie Maker open source.
- mrBitch, on 05/11/2009, -1/+1@ FKnight, RE: " "Linux" is not synonymous with "open source" - it just happens to be an open source project. "
You are correct, but the articles do ALSO point out that JasonCox's assertion that "... Microsoft has never been anti-open source.. " is completely inaccurate. -
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