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    Two years ago, software engineer Shaun Walker got an e-mail from a Microsoft product manager, suggesting ways to keep Walker's development project from foundering.

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  • Microsoft exec takes aim at open source

    Microsoft has appointed a new executive to persuade business customers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to choose its software over open-source alternatives.

  • Open source to industry: It's payback time

    The open-source community is planning to meet IBM, HP and others that are making fat profits from open-source software, and ask them to relinquish intellectual property in return.

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