OT- MS @ LinuxWorld
10 Aug
2002
10 Aug
'02
08:36
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 9 -- Peter Houston, a top software executive at Microsoft, is not planning to wear a flak vest as he plays host when the company has its first booth ever at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo computer industry show that opens here on Monday. But the Microsoft appearance might be construed as an olive branch, for the company is widely considered an enemy of the freely distributed Linux operating system and a pariah within the anarchic free-software movement. In addition, Microsoft executives have frequently attacked the idea of sharing rather than buying software.... http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/10/technology/10LINU.html (free registration required to read)
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