Comment Re:/. Poll (Score 1) 113
Mundie ruled. The presentation and Q&A with him was undoubtedly the most waited event of the convention.
The point of Mundies speech was that Microsoft is a learning machine. Learning from open source - they'll adopt community collaboration & shared source. However, big picture is that microsoft serves the interest of numerous customer groups in a number of areas and languages around the world where open source won't have access. Microsoft offers software for customers that have completely different requirements and viewpoints than linux zealots at /.
The point of Mundies speech was that Microsoft is a learning machine. Learning from open source - they'll adopt community collaboration & shared source. However, big picture is that microsoft serves the interest of numerous customer groups in a number of areas and languages around the world where open source won't have access. Microsoft offers software for customers that have completely different requirements and viewpoints than linux zealots at
