Microsoft's Ballmer has (some) nice words for open source

crn.com | at | by Mike

Here's a news flash: Steve Ballmer has some good things to say about the open-source model. "There are some advantages to [it]. You can peek through the door if you can't figure out how something works," the Microsoft CEO told a few hundred association executives gathered in Washington Thursday morning.

But Ballmer quickly returned to Microsoft's message that "integrated innovation" leads to lower cost of ownership and less complex computing.