Some parts of the open-source world are seen positively by Microsoft, Coburn said, citing things such as the opportunity to have multiple programmers working independently to build and debug code. Linux is competition. This isn't the first time the company has targeted the open-source movement. Al Gillen, an analyst at market research firm IDC in Framingham, Mass., said Microsoft apparently feels that it can no longer remain idle while corporate users eye the progress of open-source development. I really think they need to address the issue.
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