Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> Top secret: Microsoft's $6 billion open source play
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> | This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing
> | services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies
> | will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the deal
> | may be Redmond's largest commitment to free software.
> |
> | [...]
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> | Whether the businesses are complementary or not, Microsoft's integration
> | work will no doubt involve a lot of open source software used by
> | aQuantive.
> |
> | Information available from Atlas' Web site indicates the Internet
> | software company employs extensive use of open source software including
> | Linux, Apache, MySQL, and Solaris.
> |
> | Software engineers at Atlas' Raleigh office do client/server development
> | in C and C++, software maintenance and "scripting", and developing and
> | maintaining custom reporting capabilities.
I think Micoshaft Corporation should stick with nicking pro-micoshaft
badly performing companies. Its becoming a bad habit
finding only Linux using and highly successful companies to buy.
> http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1616039231;fp;2;fpid;1
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