A fairly short interview with Microsoft's Sam Ramji over at Datamation has one of the better non-answers seen lately: "Q: At a recent Microsoft Worldwide Partner conference, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer seemed to be saying that Microsoft will work with open source, but will never actually produce open source software.
Is that a correct reading of the company's attitude? I’m glad you asked this, because it’s incredibly important that we accurately articulate Microsoft’s open source strategy.
Microsoft believes...
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