Comments on: Microsoft finally gets Open Source? http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/10/17/microsoft-finally-gets-open-source/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=microsoft-finally-gets-open-source The Magic of Open Source Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:02:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Alan Lord http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/10/17/microsoft-finally-gets-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-139 Alan Lord Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:02:27 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/10/17/microsoft-finally-gets-open-source/#comment-139 "If you were Steve Balmer what would you do ..." Probably the only decent thing and kill myself. More seriously, I'd just look at how IBM, Sun and, to a slightly lesser extent Oracle, have either embraced Open Source in a major way and been very successful by so doing, or in Oracle's case, being open [pun intended] to Open Source and engaging with the community to enable greater and better support for their products. Open Source is probably not going to go away anytime soon. Microsoft really need to wake up and start changing their sad old business model before it's too late. ALL of their main competitors have... “If you were Steve Balmer what would you do …” Probably the only decent thing and kill myself.

More seriously, I’d just look at how IBM, Sun and, to a slightly lesser extent Oracle, have either embraced Open Source in a major way and been very successful by so doing, or in Oracle’s case, being open [pun intended] to Open Source and engaging with the community to enable greater and better support for their products.

Open Source is probably not going to go away anytime soon. Microsoft really need to wake up and start changing their sad old business model before it’s too late. ALL of their main competitors have…

]]> By: Jack @ The Tech Teapot http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/10/17/microsoft-finally-gets-open-source/comment-page-1/#comment-136 Jack @ The Tech Teapot Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:43:06 +0000 http://www.theopensourcerer.com/2007/10/17/microsoft-finally-gets-open-source/#comment-136 If you were Steve Balmer what would you do with regards to open source? Would you GPL everything? Give it away and build a service business on the back end? Great way to turn a multi-billion dollar company into a billion dollar company. If you were Steve Balmer what would you do with regards to open source? Would you GPL everything? Give it away and build a service business on the back end?

Great way to turn a multi-billion dollar company into a billion dollar company.

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