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5 commentsWednesday, February 27, 2008

Microsoft's New Openness Makes More Sense

Big fines often change people's minds about things

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By puppies for sale (WPN reader) - Mon, 09/15/2008 - 01:50

Action as Opposed to Words

It's nice to see Microsoft make the move toward being more open to opensource, however the proof is in the pudding herre. Opensource really is the future of technology and if MS doesn't move with the times, they will indeed lose market share.

By hemroids (WPN reader) - Tue, 06/24/2008 - 12:05

Nice To See

It's nice to see MS being openminded about antitrust elements. Ultimately, you cannot survive in business in a bubble - and even competitors should understand the yin and yang of business is bout push and pull - not about absolutel domination.

By Find articles (WPN reader) - Wed, 05/14/2008 - 14:21

Great article

Its about time a big company started to open up.

By catalog design chapel hill (WPN reader) - Mon, 05/12/2008 - 09:43

Good deal

I hope this continues because I would hate to see them have the same fate as yahoo, although i am sure they have alot of other backings besides just the web.

By Rich Ord - Wed, 02/27/2008 - 12:46

The problem is EU greed, not MS greed

Jason -- I see a sinister underlying motive when Europe fines one of the largest companies in the U.S. This is really a trade issue where the United States ought to be stepping in and protecting Microsoft.

The original EU fine was the result of a complaint by RealNetworks -- a U.S. company. If you look at the reasons for the fines, harm done to Europe is hard to find.

Rich Ord
CEO, iEntry, Inc.
Publisher of WebProNews