Microsoft embraces open source -- with reservations
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Microsoft recognizes the benefits of open source but is not prepared to turn over its crown-jewel Windows operating system to the paradigm, according to a Microsoft official speaking at the Open Source Business Conference here on Wednesday.
Instead, Microsoft provides access to source code on a limited basis, said the official, Jason Matusow, manager of Microsoft's Shared Source Initiative.
Microsoft with its Shared Source program is doing things it has not done in the past, he said. "We're not open-sourcing all Microsoft technologies. We'll be strategic in how we share that," he said.