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its an acknowlegement of the obvious
there are a lot of developers that are all for OSS but also know they have to feed their families,

This is a red herring. This App installer released into OSS does nothing to improve peoples ability to feed their families. It does help MS by providing a standardised way for OSS SW to be installed on the Windows boxes so they only have to worry about supporting one scheme in OS improvements, if an OSS app breeaks becuause MS changes something its now the OSS authors fault not MS's (OOS SW needs to consider that if they use something else like autoconf or whatever).

I think Microsoft gets this very well and is providing this link.

It is a nice olive branch in my opinion.

This is simply and acknowlegement that MS's hype aside its user base is taking up OSS at a much faster rate than they would like to acknowlege. This limits their support costs and provides a defense if they break something and the user community decides to wack em hard in a class action suit for failing to protect their investment.

Besides, it may just get MS some much needed "hobbiest time" look what its done for solutions like JBoss and Apache ... next it might be MS-SQL and IE they kick out the door.
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MS is using XML  Enterprise Analyst | 04/06/04
MS also want to make sure SW gets installed on Windows  oldskool | 04/06/04
Whoa, say it in't so, MS tests the OSS model - duh!  oldskool | 04/06/04
or maybe...  LinuxHippie | 04/06/04
its an acknowlegement of the obvious  oldskool | 04/06/04
New technology and the future  Enterprise Analyst | 04/06/04
what's the diff. between GPL & CPL  dg mh | 04/06/04
The difference  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
So CPL is a one way street, the OSS HoverVac  oldskool | 04/06/04
It's a free world ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
watch me pull a rabbit out of your post ... its free!  oldskool | 04/06/04
wrong  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
Actually, you may both be wrong?  John Le'Brecage | 04/06/04
well cpl is really free then  V Sanders | 04/06/04
Um, I think you are wrong...  Patrick Jones | 04/06/04
Probably not clear enough  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
the point is  V Sanders | 04/06/04
restarting thread counter - derivative vs. value-added  oldskool | 04/06/04
Differences between GPL and CPL  dbkennerly@... | 04/08/04
The viral argument is misdirection - MS doesn't want its bugs fixed!  oldskool | 04/08/04
Hmmm....  bchesmer | 04/06/04
Windows Installer has been free since day one ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
Windows Installer has been free  bchesmer | 04/06/04
What the article states is ...  Ardian Daka | 04/06/04
No not at all....  bchesmer | 04/06/04
No not at all....  seosamh_z | 04/06/04
Hell froze!  ricardo-lopes | 04/06/04
re: hell froze  kb0old1978 | 04/06/04
Wow  CobraA1 | 04/06/04
from Ars:  ryusen | 04/06/04
(NT) Quick ! . . . Duck ! . . . Pigs are Flying !  Plain Logic | 04/06/04
why would they do this  V Sanders | 04/06/04
Not really  CobraA1 | 04/06/04
LINUX can't copy this - its COPYRIGHT MS  oldskool | 04/06/04
must be something in the water  V Sanders | 04/06/04
This is just the Microsoft method that has always been their own...  Confused by religion | 04/06/04
but are they willing to abandon their cash flow?  oldskool | 04/06/04
Message has been deleted.  Dave Mount | 04/07/04
Halloween Memo?  SpikeyMike_z | 04/09/04

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