No wonder. That deal with Novell should come into the picture. It's surely a tough test for open-source companies how to deal with the devil behind their backs.
Dong On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 08:15:45 +0800, Ariz Jacinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FTA: http://www.crn.com/software/202404305 > .... > > "We will do some buying of companies that are built around open-source > products," Ballmer said during an onstage interview at the Web 2.0 > Summit in > San Francisco. > > A refusal to consider acquisitions of open-source developers "would take > us > out of the acquisition market quite dramatically," Ballmer said -- a > tacit > acknowledgment of how thoroughly open-source development has reshaped the > software market. > ...... -- Dong Benavente Calmada National Coordinator PEACE Foundation, Inc. M: +630918-9377038 _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
