Re: Microsoft and Perl

[Elaine -HFB- Ashton]

Frank Schmuck, CFO [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] quoth:
*>Doesn't Microsoft have an interest, if not a controlling interest, in
*>ActiveState?

There are a lot of companies that invested in ActiveState, O'Reilly is one
of them along with MS...while money can buy interest and research, it is
unlikely that there is a 'controlling' interest.

http://www.activestate.com/Corporate/Communications/Releases/Press958767657.html

and 

http://history.perl.org/ 

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