Microsoft and Open Source

During January I attended the Open Source Meets Business (OSMB) conference in Germany which happened to be on at the same place and time as the eZ Partner Conference, how convenient. During this time it was interesting to listen to Sam Ramji, the Director of the Open Source Software Lab at Microsoft talk about Microsoft’s strategy and new approach towards Open Source. It is interesting to see how it continues to unfold 6 months on….

We don’t want you to talk, Mr. Ballmer by ZDNet’s Dana Blankenhorn — We are past the point with Microsoft where open source needs to fear the Giant of Redmond. Despite Mr. Ballmer’s bluster, the company lacks the legal weaponry to destroy open source, with patents or anything else.