worst enemy

Datamation: "The man who prompted that decision could be described as the worst enemy a Free Software project could have.

This is the story of how our community was able to benefit from that enemy."

Commentary : For a decade, Microsoft was open source's worst enemy, combating it at every turn.

Datamation: "For a decade, Microsoft was open source's worst enemy, combating it at every turn. But last week Microsoft joined the Apache open source project as a platinum sponsor...Has Redmond given up the fight?

Or is this just their latest strategy?"

Bruce Perens looks at Microsoft's sponsorship of Apache.

"For a decade, Microsoft was open source's worst enemy, combating it at every turn. But last week Microsoft joined the Apache open source project as a platinum sponsor, promising to put $100,000 per year into a project that beats its own IIS (Internet Information Services) in the market.

Microsoft also made some of their patents available for use in GPL software like Linux without a royalty.