mayorredbeard
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Ok well not really. But the title got your attention. Check out this press release from big bad microsoft:
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...nteroperabilityPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press Releases
If your too lazy to read the whole thing i'll sum it up for you. Microsoft has decided to adapt an open policy. Providing it's API's for high-volume products free of charge, and will detail patents it holds and applications that cover its protocols (to avoid nasty, Linux-like mixups, I assume), and will provide a "covenant not to sue open source developers for development or non-commercial distribution of implementations of these protocols."
*Quotes taken from engadget*
I guess microsoft realized they couldn't fight the open-software trend forever.
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/...nteroperabilityPR.mspx?rss_fdn=Press Releases
If your too lazy to read the whole thing i'll sum it up for you. Microsoft has decided to adapt an open policy. Providing it's API's for high-volume products free of charge, and will detail patents it holds and applications that cover its protocols (to avoid nasty, Linux-like mixups, I assume), and will provide a "covenant not to sue open source developers for development or non-commercial distribution of implementations of these protocols."
*Quotes taken from engadget*
I guess microsoft realized they couldn't fight the open-software trend forever.