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Technology Stocks : How high will Microsoft fly? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jan Garrity Allen who wrote (20409)	4/13/1999 3:06:00 AM
From: RTev	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74651

[to thread. article] Here's an interesting analysis of that odd "open-source" trial baloon that was floated last week. Microsoft's open-source gambit Is Redmond seriously "thinking" about releasing its source code -- or just trying to confuse the opposition? salonmagazine.com The author considers three possible interpretations: 1) It's all a show for the court. 2) Microsoft is genuinely worried, and it's fighting dirty. 3) There's a real internal debate about open source inside Microsoft. Part of his conclusion: ...This change cuts too close to the core of not only Microsoft's business model but its psyche. Truly releasing the Windows source code wouldn't just mean adjusting some spreadsheets -- it would require thousands of Microsoft employees to change the way they think....