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October 12, 2005

GPL (Gates Public License)

Great article at Linux Magazine on recent shifts in Microsoft's stance and dealings with Open Source.  I mentioned similar sentiments last month.  Watch this space - this is only the beginning. 

I met with some very sharp guys last night who are going to launch an Open Source business based on the Microsoft platform - very interesting.  I would like to see a dozen new Open Source applications running on Windows - not just .NET versions of LAMP applications (although I applaud Shaun Walker and where he's taken DotNetNuke!) but the "next cool OSS application", whatever that may be (maybe management scripting for Windows & SQL Server environments?)...

October 12, 2005 at 10:53 PM |

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When we win it's with small things,
and the triumph itself makes us small.
What is extraordinary and eternal
does not want to be bent by us.
I mean the Angel who appeared
to the wrestlers of the Old Testament:
when the wrestler's sinews
grew long like metal strings,
he felt them under his fingers
like chords of deep music.

Whoever was beaten by this Angel
(who often simply declined the fight)
went away proud and strengthened
and great from that harsh hand,
that kneaded him as if to change his shape.
Winning does not tempt that man.
This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively,
by constantly greater beings.

Rainer Maria Rilke