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Microsoft Firewall

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Simon Phipps

On its first anniversary, I remain convinced that the motivation for Microsoft’s wholly-owned open source & open standards subsidiary is primarily to isolate Microsoft from the open source community. I explain in InfoWorld.

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  1. Microsoft ‘Open’ Technologies Designed to Isolate Microsoft From FOSS Community, Claims OSI President; Microsoft’s Patent Extortion and Sabotage of FOSS Continue | Techrights, on May 4, 2013 at 10:33 said:

    […] Phipps is more blunt in his blog. He calls this scam “Microsoft Firewall” and says: […]

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