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Suggest that Microsoft Windows operating system will one day become open source, and knowledgeable observers will give you a baleful look–maybe even laugh in your face. “I had to chuckle,” says Forrester Research analyst John Rymer, in response to my query on the subject. “No, I don’t think Windows will ever become open source code.” [...]

Does the Open Source Model work better than its commercial alternative? This post comes on the heels of one of my fellow Staff Writer’s posting the story, “A Modest Idea: What If Microsoft Open Sourced Windows?” And I’m aiming this commentary at Microsoft too but it applies to any company who seeks profit over what [...]

Over the last several years, it has become very clear that the two dominant server operating system environments are Windows and Linux. In fact, it’s not at all uncommon to find both these environments running inside the same organization.
Basically, there are three ways for this situation to come about. The first way is through inheritance, [...]

Security and updates, which are often the same thing.
There is no longer any doubt that hackers and malware writers are going after open source projects as they once went after Windows. Vulnerabilities are being found, discovered, created, exchanged.
The biggest threat to open source in 2009 | Open Source | ZDNet.com

I came across an interesting question on TechFlash today: is the Mac or Windows community stronger?
This topic is particularly interesting to me as in the open-source world we fetish “community” like deity, but also somehow believe that open source has a lock on community. The very fact that TechFlash can ask the question with a [...]