Comments on: Microsoft Backs Apache and Open Source

By: Bevan

Bevan — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 11:45:03 +0000

I would just like to endorse Johnny’s comment (8). A leopard cannot change its spots! and neither can M$

By: Johnny Utah

Johnny Utah — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:26:07 +0000

I wish I was a top dog at the Apache Foundation. I would have told Microsoft where they could stick their money.

By: Bobzilla

Bobzilla — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:37:11 +0000

Caution!!! Fox is in the hen house!

By: Anant Shrivastava

Anant Shrivastava — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:18:01 +0000

sweta,
jack was talking about future possibility with this move of microsoft.

in the mean time my opinion is a bit different,

in recent years microsoft has heled in compatibility issues for a lot of projects.

may be this could be combined with its step to help mono project and in turn making contribution to enhance asp.net support on apache platform like they are doing about php.

not sure but that’s my guess.

By: Sweta

Sweta — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:09:59 +0000

Jack,

I don’t see anything about IIS will be based on Apache’s tree. Care to share your source?

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:56:32 +0000

Suspicious. Seems to be yet another ploy to undermine open source. The Apache people would do better to send the money back certified and insured, with witnesses and a public apology.

By: Jack Long

Jack Long — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:21:55 +0000

Thats great news! Microsoft’s new IIS will be based on Apache’s source tree.

By: 0xAF

0xAF — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:21:44 +0000

i’m not finding it good for the OS community … it’s MS after all !!!
noone can tell what are their hidden intentions. they should stay away from OS projects, if they want to have OS, they can open their sources and not buying ours.
if they continue to mess with the independent ppl, my opinion is that after a few years, we will have another monopoly on the market, and it will be MS owning all the major OS projects.
there is no freedom in that, every project to be controled by the main sponsor – MS.

By: Ramesh | The Geek Stuff

Ramesh | The Geek Stuff — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:16:14 +0000

A while back Microsoft announced their support to SUSE Linux. Now, they are donating to Apache foundation and supporting their effort. I just don’t know the strategy behind Microsoft intention to support Apache, while still supporting and enhancing Microsoft IIS.

Anyway, it is all good for the open source community. It is just matter of time before everybody is behind the Open Source Technology.

Ramesh
The Geek Stuff