01/02/22 Microsoft's Jim Allchin on open source software
01/02/17 Napster ruling
01/02/04 Bill Gates is dead
01/02/02 K10K 100
01/02/22 Microsoft's Jim Allchin on open source software
01/02/17 Napster ruling
01/02/04 Bill Gates is dead
01/02/02 K10K 100
Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating-system chief, Jim Allchin, says that freely distributed software code such as rival Linux could stifle innovation and that legislators need to understand the threat.
CNet: Microsoft Executive Says Linux Threatens Innovation
I was disturbed, because Allchin suggested that open source is somehow "un-American." He can hardly be unaware of the historical resonances of such a statement, that it harks back to the Cold War images of free market democracies versus communism. To have the discussion about alternate business models descend to such a level demonstrates either that Allchin was quoted out of context (since I hear he's a thoughtful, intelligent guy), or that Microsoft has truly grown desperate in its fear of the competitive threat from Linux.
Tim O'Reilly: A Response to Jim Allchin's Comments
Microsoft speaks about Jim Allchin's earlier statements, in which he lobbed a few grenades at open source, which he called both unamerican and an intellectual property destroyer.
Kuro5hin: Microsoft Defends Jim Allchin's Comments
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