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Microsoft Trying Soft Sell To Beat Open Source (TechWeb)







Microsoft Trying Soft Sell To Beat Open
Source (TechWeb)

Microsoft Trying Soft Sell To Beat Open
Source (TechWeb)
04/10/2004 03:41 AM

TechWeb - Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer actually praised open source this week, and the company released software under an open source license. That's a long-way from recent fire-breathing attacks.




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