[LUG] OSDL Breaks Silence on Secret Meetings with M$

[Kiggundu Mukasa]

http://os.newsforge.com/os/05/08/29/1443204.shtml Microsoft approached the Open Source Development Lab about conducting a jointly-funded research study that would purportedly produce some facts-based analysis and comparisons of the two operating systems. Both Microsoft and the OSDL have been pretty tight-lipped about the discussions held during a LinuxWorld meeting between Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy, Martin Taylor, and the OSDL's CEO Stuart Cohen. However, late last week the OSDL forwarded us a statement from Cohen that explains some of the silence.... ****************                   ***************************** Kiggundu Mukasa                # Computer Network Consultancy### KYM-NET LTD.                   # Intranets & Internet Solutions# Plot 80 Kanjokya Street P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda              Tel:     +256 77 972255          +256 71 221141 Fax:     +256 31 262122 *****************************************************************

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