Open Ballot: Should we embrace Microsoft's open source work?
Want to contribute your views to our podcast? Sure you do, and here's your chance to have a say: do you think we should embrace Microsoft's new-found open source policies, or should we keep them at arm's length? Recently Microsoft has announced the CodePlex Foundation for supporting its own open source code, it has contributed code to the Linux kernel, it has announced that .NET is available under its community promise, and much more. Should we be afraid, or should be happy to take support and code from anywhere as long as it's open?
Our usual Open Ballot rules apply: please state either "yes" or "no" backed up by some sort of cogent reasoning, and give yourself a name that's a bit more original than Anonymous Penguin otherwise we're quite likely - no, very likely - to ignore your intellectual meanderings.
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Stephen Furth (not verified) - October 24, 2009 @ 6:16pm
Here is a thought... Take the "Windows 7 Sins" list to MS, and ask whatthey can do to address them. (or to put it another way; If MS wants to be part of the open world, then BE PART OF THE _OPEN_ WORLD...)
If MS is willing to make changes in their business practices/policies to show they are willing to accept what the open world has to offer, well then the open world needs to be willing to accept MS has to offer.
If, however, MS is NOT willing to make changes in their business practices/policies to show they are willing to accept what the open world has to offer, well then they should not be surprised if the open world is equally UNWILLING to accept what MS has to offer.
Either way, that would show how much - or little - they they really are serious about accepting open ideals, which may be the best indication of how willing the open world should be to accept MS.
BTW: My vote would be they can start with 3, since 3 is the one that would be most visible, and be seen almost immediately. All the others would take time to see proof of a real change.
My second vote would be 5, since that one seems to be the biggest "sin" against openness. However, as I said, 5 would be very hard to prove, since it will take a very long time to see the proof (or more to the point, see the proof that they really intend to STAY on the open track by doing so...).
Yes, and...
Polly the Parrot (not verified) - October 30, 2009 @ 3:26am
...after doing that, take the pants down, bend over and whisper to Steve Ballmer: "I'm all yours".
C'mon! Only a complete *IDIOT* would trust Microsoft!
Is it Greeks or Geeks?
GPL advocate (not verified) - November 11, 2009 @ 8:01pm
beware of greeks bearing gifts
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