Could Haskell be taken over by Microsoft?

[Jorgen Frojk Kjaersgaard]

It seems that many prominent Haskell people are more or less associated
with Microsoft. It has just been announced that Hugs may go into
Microsoft Developers Studio and Simon Peyton-Jones is about to move to
Microsoft. Is there a risk (or change, if you like) that Microsoft will
eventually take over the Haskell language? In my opinion it is very
important that this doesn't happen. If Haskell is to have a future it
must remain free and not dominated by a single company.

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Joergen Froejk Kjaersgaard
Systems Engineer
Informaticon Systemeering
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