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  How Microsoft can get out of its open-source mess
Time: 09:17 EST/14:17 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein

Memo to Bill Gates: What a mess. Less than a week after a court-approved deal ended the antitrust case, Microsoft was back in the spotlight. The latest Halloween memo portrayed your company as utterly obsessed with the open-source software movement but utterly confused about how best to proceed. I can only imagine the state of confusion. Microsoft has tried to persuade developers and users for the last four years that there's no there there--and to no avail. Your minions better get a handle soon. The question is whether that's at all possible, but in the meantime, here are a few items to consider.

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