Microsoft on Open-Source Software -- some interesting "leaks"

["Robert G. Brown" <bob@xxxxxxx>]

Here are the sources for the 2 so-called "Halloween memos", that were 
released (and confirmed) by Microsoft, regarding its point of view and
possible future actions in relation to open-source software projects.


http://www.opensource.org/halloween1.html
       The original, called "halloween" because it was posted on 
       31 October, and its so scary, and...

http://www.opensource.org/halloween2.html
       The follow-up memo.

A little background, with links, can be found at (logically):
http://www.opensource.org/halloween.html


Also, there's an article about the fellow who wrote the two
"halloween" memos, a link to his web site, etc...

http://linuxtoday.com/stories/638.html

There's also an "open letter to Microsoft", written in reply to the
"halloween" memo:

http://oreilly.com/oreilly/press/tim_msletter.html

There are additional comments and remarks pertaining to these documents on 
various computer industry news sites.