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Selling open source solutions against Office 2003

November 26, 2003 —

 

Microsoft's inclusion of XML features in Office 2003 may look like Redmond's embrace of open standards - but according to Paul Murphy, it's the same old embrace and extend philosophy that seeks to lock users into Microsoft products indefinitely. But according to Murphy, this lock-in offers an opportunity to those trying to sell open source to organizations wary of being tied to one vendor.

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