While open-source software has yet to put a noticeable dent in Microsoft's hefty profit margins, Wall Street appears to be waking up to the risks the movement may pose to the company's future dominance. n a report inspired by the advice of a departing Microsoft manager, a Merrill Lynch technology analyst wrote that the software company must "notch up the innovation component" if it wants to succeed in an era of networked systems and increased pervasiveness of open-source applications.
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