Re: [flalug] Shuttleworth: Microsoft Fracturing the Open-Source Community

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I read this article and it correct in saying that the deals have divided the
community but weakened it, no. I think that the community has actualy
gotten stronger because of it. More groups are banding together or
coperating together more now than before. More groups are and have come out
against the MS deal and that is a good thing.

William

On 8/7/07, tom smith <atomsmitty@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is a very informative article. The effect of ms's deals with Novell
> and
> Xandros seem to have effectively divided and weakened the community.
> Smitty
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2167193,00.asp
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