Microsoft Attempts to Quash OSS Recommendations

Microsoft Attempts to Quash OSS Recommendations

"Inside Higher Ed has a story detailing Microsoft's attempt to alter a
report created by the Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of
Higher Education. Gerri Elliott, corporate vice president at Microsoft's
Worldwide Public Sector division, complained about recommendations in the
report to look into 'open source' and 'open content' at higher education
institutions across the country. Elliott, who is on the voting committee,
waited until the last minute and tried to have the report changed after a
public vote. Although she does have a point that 'open source' is a
development model, it still has collaboration at its heart. Can Microsoft
argue against 'open' and win?"

http://politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/09/01/1418252 &from=rss


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