THERE were some really terrible blog posts recently about Microsoft's alleged "relationship" with the FOSS community. It is hard for us to merely ignore these, so here are a couple of them: an example of whitewash and also a response:
A rather short post today relating to an article which explores Microsoft’s relationship with open source and its future direction.
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Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2012-04-13 15:42:07
Why Microsoft's New Open Source Company? http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2012/04/why-microsofts-new-open-source-division/index.htm
Announcing one more way Microsoft will engage with the open source and standards communities - Interoperability @ Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/b/interoperability/archive/2012/04/12/announcing-one-more-way-microsoft-will-engage-with-the-open-source-and-standards-communities.aspx
Microsoft Launches a Subsidiary for Open-Source Efforts http://thenextweb.com/microsoft/2012/04/12/meet-microsoft-open-technologies-inc-the-new-open-source-subsidiary-for-microsoft/
This seems to have also been promoted by Microsoft circles like Todd Bishop. Simon's take (the first one above) is worth a read.
Microsoft continues to obfuscate, hijack, confuse. It also helps spread software patents and blobs in FOSS, making them "acceptable".