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My son and I were talking this morning, and I asked what he wants to be when he grows up. His reply (I'm not making this up):Oh, I don't know. Either a Microsoft guy in England or a stunt man.I didn't have the heart to tell him they mi
We don't spew this kind of folly in open source. Other kinds, yes, but not this patent rubbish. So that's why I love Fabrizio's new shirt: I think he's planning to wear it to Microsoft's Monday "we sure do want to hug yo
I was talking with a friend this morning, and he brought up a funny connection. Microsoft now holds the distinction of World's Biggest Patent Troll, but just a few weeks ago that distinction may have gone to former Microsoft CTO, Nathan Myhrvold
I admit (again) that I didn't much like Zimbra for its first year of existence. I thought it was all hype. But even the crustiest of observers (like me) is starting to be persuaded that there's a whole lot of substance going on over at Zimb
Is open source the only way to write good software? Absolutely not. But, as Stephe Walli argues, open source proves to be a more efficient means to that end:Now good software has always been written by good software developers without regard for how
So, Microsoft is buying aQuantive (formerly known as AvenueA/Razorfish) in a $6B takeover of the advertising agency/consultant. It's an interesting acquisition, as Larry Dignan suggests:On the surface, the integration of the two companies should
I feel Bill Hilf's pain. He went on the record with Infoworld to counter some of the criticism that has erupted from Microsoft's incendiary comments in Fortune Magazine about patent violations in open source software. Bill is a good guy, an
I admit it. I have spent the last year pretending that Zimbra was more hype than reality. I suppose I can be forgiven for this, given just how overwhelming the hype has been. (TechCrunch's somewhat silly math being a prime example.) But I had br
Or, rather, not what it means, but that vendors should figure out a consistent definition of what it means so as not to confuse buyers. Fair enough.According to Gartner, the current debate among open source vendors is about reconciling an inherent in
Interview: General manager of platform strategy discusses the effects of Microsoft's Linux patent claims