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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=600405614-11092009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>about 1/2 that started the Mozilla foundation.
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=600405614-11092009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Ars Technica has had two recent articles about MS
undermining open source. One about using patent trolls and another about
using Best Buy. Cheap tricks.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=600405614-11092009><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>-Nate</FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> cialug-bounces@cialug.org
[mailto:cialug-bounces@cialug.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>icepuck2k@gmail.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 11, 2009 9:55
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Central Iowa Linux Users Group<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Cialug] MS
opensource? foundation<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>MS dropped a massive $1m to start the project. Gee I bet that
really hurt....
<BR>http://port25.technet.com/archive/2009/09/10/the-codeplex-foundation-debuts.aspx</BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>