Are you inspired by Open?

re: Are you inspired by Open?

einhverfr — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 06:25:51 GMT

I am inspired by open. I do donate a lot of code to open source projects and much of that is sponsored by customers.

I do wonder about the extent to which Microsoft can ever become "Open" in this regard. However, I think that it will be by general evolution rather than revolution and that such is the right way to go. This has been happening slowly and I am confident that this is a trend that will continue in the right direction (even if another part of MS gets dragged kicking and screaming).

The difficulty though is one of business model. Microsoft is still working on this one. We in the community should be supportive of these experiments and look to help Microsoft move in the right direction.

re: Are you inspired by Open?

davidmeyer — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 01:54:47 GMT

I am one of the ones that is inspired by open as well...but sadly, I just fear that it won't be Microsoft open. I have watched with interest since November and the announcement with Novell, and then the time in between then and now when Steve Ballmer has taken every public opportunity to discredit the Linux and Open Source people by impugning their honor with regards to Microsoft IP being in Linux (which he has no proof that he's offered thus far.)

Having met a good portion of the Port25 crew, I feel badly when you do such good work, yet the management of your company says and does things which turn the community against you. Case in point...I have not posted in over a month and I'm still the second highest poster which tells me traffic on this board is lacking. Why is that? Certainly not because of the quality of the work and effort you are putting out there, but rather the statements from the Executive Briefing Center that undercut the communities confidence that they had placed in you.

I wish you all the best...you are all first rate people who do great work. I'm just afraid you're playing for the wrong team when it comes to Open Source.

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