Microsoft: Open Source and Mixed Signals
May 8, 2009
Short honk: Mary Jo Foley’s “Microsoft to turn .Net Micro Framework Code, Support over to the Community” here contains a rare glimpse of an intelligent observer trying to make sense out of corporate machinations. The snit is related to a chunk of the super wonderful Dot Net framework. After some layoffs and a statement that the code would be converted to open source, Ms. Foley pointed out that Redmond seemed to be withdrawing from the embedded sector. Microsoft replied that Ms. Foley was incorrect. Read her story and the updates and decide for yourself. In my opinion, it seems like some backtracking to me. No impact on search as far as I can see, but does this cut back and restatement presage similar behavior in the enterprise search space as well?
Stephen Arnold, July 8, 2009
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