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● 09.26.09

●● Microsoft and O’Reilly Hook Up

Posted in Free/Libre Software, Microsoft at 3:12 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Embrace, Extend…

Summary: Microsoft gets even closer to O’Reilly

THE relationship between OSCON and Microsoft is a rather complex subject that we covered before [1, 2, 3]. It should not be surprising to see O’Reilly kissing Microsoft’s behind, having ignored Microsoft’s abusive intentions all along in recent years. They finally enter an agreement on literature.

=> 1 | 2 | 3 | ↺ O’Reilly kissing Microsoft’s behind | ↺ abusive intentions | ↺ an agreement on literature

This pair will get even closer after this deal, not just the usual sponsorships. Glyn Moody claims that O’Reilly is “a shadow of the *nix publisher it once was…”

=> ↺ claims

How did this come about? █

“When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they’re outraged.”

–Tim O’Reilly

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