Microsoft To Offer Open Source Security App For Developers
In 2001, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer famously referred to open source software, specifically the GPL, as intellectual property cancer.
These days, Microsoft has moderated its stance. “Open source is neither an industry fad, nor a magic bullet,” the company explains on the open source section of its Web site. “Rather, the development methods commonly encompassed by the term open source have provided customers and developers with additional options among many in the technology ecosystem.”
So it is that on Friday, Microsoft’s Security Science team plans to announce the release of an open source crash analysis tool at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Microsoft To Offer Open Source Security App For Developers — Microsoft Security — InformationWeek
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