On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:53 AM, A. Mani <a.mani....@gmail.com> wrote:
> See: > http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=5822&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zdnet%2Fopen-source+%28ZDNet+Open+Source%29&alertspromo > > Excerpts: > > > "What Microsoft has done with the library is an open source project > called the Research Information Centre Framework. It’s a virtual > research framework, helping them manage the increasingly complex range > of tasks involved in 21st century research. > > OK, where’s the catch? > > Built on top of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, > the RIC extends the core MOSS functionality to meet the needs to > academic researchers engaged in collaborative research projects" > > .... > "To Microsoft open source is not an end in itself. It is a marketing > tool. It is a way to gain lock-in with important customer sets." > > The first comment echoes my sentiments exactly - A for-profit software extends an existing framework (that they built over 9 years) to solve a specific problem. You think they should have built a whole solution that runs on LAMP from scratch, and open source it? You think that would be profitable? (remember, they're a company with investors) If the FOSS community will benefit from a LAMP implementation, someone will eventually develop something using code from this MS project. Something is better than nothing right! :) -- Anupam _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list Ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
