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Roberto Galoppini comments on Microsoft's recent open source activities- Reading Open Source @ Microsoft FAQ, it is pretty clear that the portal is not (yet) part of a new strategy, but a medium toward a goal: accomplishing heterogeneous customers’ (and partners) needs. Nonetheless, as far as Microsoft’s partners will be progressively embracing open source technologies, I bet Microsoft will turn this into a long term strategy. Since Microsoft’s business is mostly about infrastructural software, they might get advantage of the pervasive capillarity of Microsoft’s partners (750.000) to foster collaborative development over their proprietary technologies. I agree. By partnering with FOSS firms and broadening its business model, Microsoft continues what it has always done well- pursue commercial interests.
posted by Noel Le @ 1:11 PM | Markets: Business, Investment & Innovation
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