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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>How Microsoft is 'handling' the open source threat</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alexbarn/archive/2004/10/19/244594.aspx</link><description>Martin Taylor, global general manager of platform strategy at Microsoft, talks to vnunet.com about how the company is handling the open source threat: "I've hired quite a few people from the Linux open source world to run a research and development centre</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>re: How Microsoft is 'handling' the open source threat</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alexbarn/archive/2004/10/19/244594.aspx#245040</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 21:15:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:245040</guid><dc:creator>KJ</dc:creator><description>&amp;quot;So you're saying they're basically studying and copying the superior product then.&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;LOL, Have you seen all the Linux Desktop, Email apps, etc..?  &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Not exactly original designs.  Seems to me they are trying to mimic windows as much as possible.&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=245040" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: How Microsoft is 'handling' the open source threat</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alexbarn/archive/2004/10/19/244594.aspx#244948</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 16:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:244948</guid><dc:creator>Ross</dc:creator><description>&lt;br&gt; I am wondering why they are working for Microsoft if they truly are from the Open Source world.  &lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=244948" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item><item><title>re: How Microsoft is 'handling' the open source threat</title><link>http://blogs.msdn.com/b/alexbarn/archive/2004/10/19/244594.aspx#244636</link><pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:244636</guid><dc:creator>Rev</dc:creator><description>So you're saying they're basically studying and copying the superior product then.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Rev&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=244636" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>