response to Microsoft FUD

Bryan Sparks, chief executive of Lineo, a maker of open source Linux software embedded in a range of computer devices

Microsoft is making an effort to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt about the open source movement and the GPL because it is clearly intimidated and threatened. Microsoft's model over the years has been to hide the proprietary source code they've developed, which has stunted their ability to innovate and to help customers.

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Microsoft apparently has no answer to the troublesome threat that open source software poses to them, beyond this transparent public relations maneuver.