You must have encountered the following page:
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource – Opensource at Microsoft
and the following website:
http://www.codeplex.com – Microsoft Opensource Projects Hosting Website

They (Micro$oft) seem to have acknowledged the beauty of opensource in development and have started using it in their development long ago. Have a look at the Sep 2007 history of http://www.microsoft.com/opensource at archive.org. This proves that they had started the site back in September 2007 or earlier. Read the rest of this entry »

Its not new, M$ implying its monopolistic behaviours in the community and the internet world. M$ product, Windows being the most used OS in the world, Firefox leads the internet browser market, IE still support some specific codes. The monopolistic behaviour has also been reflected in our local IT community.
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I have been taught in my childhood, “Computer is a device that accepts instructions from a user and generates a corresponding output”. Whenever I use computer, I feel free. The basic freedom i.e. the freedom to use it my way.

But what if I’m cannot use the computer my way? Well, I use Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and I’m free from the threat. But what if you cannot use the computer the way you want to use it? What if the basic freedom, “freedom to use”, isn’t valid in your case?

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After such good and bad responses from user having various intellectual background, we have thought of providing an additional platform for discussion. As it is known to all that this blog is getting dirty due to off-topic comments, we moderators have decided to get a new domain and host a forum for open discussion.

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