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| Microsoft Ponders Shared-Sourcing SQL Server |
| from the more-toys-to-play-with dept. |
| posted by Zonk on Sunday February 27, @08:32 (Microsoft) |
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http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/02/26/2053229 |
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[0]i_frame writes "C|net is reporting in an [1]interview with Tom Rizo,
director of product management in Microsoft's SQL server unit, that
'the
company is thinking about including the forthcoming SQL Server 2005 in
Microsoft's shared-source program for disclosing product source to
customers'. Is Microsoft reinventing themselves, and are they ready to
learn the benefits of open source?" From the article: "It's not
finalized. It's not anything there, but if a lot of customers demand
it,
we'll definitely look at doing shared source with SQL Server..."
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http://news.com.com/Microsoft+ponder...op&tag=nl.e433 
