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31 Jul 08
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History shows that Microsoft doesn't rest until it owns any sector it enters, so peaceful cohabitation is hardly an option.
Against this complex background, Google's bevy of Ph.D.s came up with the perfect solution: a way to fight Microsoft without appearing to do so. Open source lies at the heart of that strategy.
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Another senior open source hacker who has joined the Google fold is Ben Goodger, lead engineer on Firefox. Google's links with this increasingly serious rival to Internet Explorer go much deeper, however. Google is the main search engine for Firefox, both in the dedicated search box and on the default homepage when Firefox is first installed.
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That's up from about $50 million the previous year. That means that Google, by far the most important of those paying for search queries, is effectively underwriting the development of Firefox and Thunderbird, Mozilla's rival to Microsoft Outlook, and hence quietly chipping away at Microsoft's position in the browser and e-mail markets.
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Releasing Gears as open source encourages a wider adoption in the free software community and beyond. If Gears takes off, and people are able to use Web-based apps offline through their browser, then the underlying OS becomes less important -- and Microsoft's hold on the desktop weakens.
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04 Jan 08
brian rodneyMoreover, things are likely to get worse as other companies realize that one way of weakening Microsoft is to strengthen open source.
firefox google ibm microsoft opensource business software computer technology
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03 Jan 08
Gordon HaffAs Simon Phipps notes: "Glyn does a good job documenting how Google tactically supports open source to damage Microsoft without actually letting openness spread into the company."
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Adriana Lukasnot sure that is how open source is actually playing out. the article says more about business people and their understanding of open source rather than open source itself.
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02 Jan 08
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webminkGlyn does a good job documenting how Google tactically supports open source to damage Microsoft without actually letting openness spread into the company.
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