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Has Microsoft Suddenly Awakened to Open Source?

Is open source finally making sense to Microsoft? Jeremy LaCroix sees a number of reasons to believe so. He notes that within only six months, the company has contributed 20,000 lines of code to the Linux community, given away countless copies of Windows 7, launched its CodePlex foundation, and announced that it is opening up the .PST data format behind Microsoft Outlook. I think it will be a long time before Microsoft fully wakes up to the benefits of open source, but some divisions hear the call, and more will over time.


Report: Mitch Kapor Pronounces Microsoft's Battle With Open Source "Over"

Mitch Kapor--founder of Lotus and designer of the Lotus 1-2-3 spreadsheet--is one of the true pioneers of the software industry. People forget how mighty Lotus once was, with a market capitalization that towered over Microsoft's, and over 80 percent market share in spreadsheets. In a discussion with the Guardian U.K., Kapor pronounces Microsoft's war against open source over. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's over, but it's not the war it once was by any means.


Why Aren't Mozilla and Opera Vocal About Microsoft's EU Settlement Offer?

This week, the European Commission announced its preliminary satisfaction with a settlement offer proposed by Microsoft that would end an antitrust battle that has been simmering for over 10 years. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith posted a response that said: We welcome today?s announcement by the European Commission to move forward with formal market testing of Microsoft?s proposal relating to web browser choice in Europe. We also welcome the opportunity to take the next step in the process regarding our proposal to promote interoperability with a broad range of our products.?

As Smith alludes to, a big part of the proposed settlement has to do with Microsoft including a browser ballot window in Internet Explorer that lists a broad array of browsers and allows users to choose which one to use. Opponents of that proposal, including Mozilla and Opera, have criticized the fact that the ballot screen is found within Internet Explorer, which is still bundled with Windows, and the fact that any alternative browser must be downloaded, which many users will be too lazy to do. So why are Mozilla and Opera being so reticent in the wake of the European announcement?



Intel: Netbooks Continue to Cannibalize Notebook Sales

As GigaOm reports today, Intel believes that the rate of cannabilization of notebooks by lower priced netbooks is sitting at around 20 percent. That's what the company's European sales chief told Reuters at a company event. This trend remains very positive for open source in general, including but definitely not limited to Linux. It's also an issue that is likely becoming a growing sticking point for Microsoft.


Mozilla Doesn't Like the Way Windows 7 Boosts Internet Explorer

We've reported before on the declining market share that Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser is experiencing as it competes with innovative open source browsers, particularly Firefox. That's been complemented by a very aggressive effort from the European Commission to force Microsoft to offer more choices in browsers on its Windows operating system. The biggest news of all on the Microsoft front at the moment is its upcoming Windows 7 operating system, slated to ship later this year. It's been getting good reviews, and is predicted by some to rejuvenate the company after the shaky ride that Windows Vista has had. Now, though, Mozilla chairperson Mitchell Baker is charging that Windows 7 gives Microsoft unfair advantages in the browser battles.


Does Open Source Mean a Race to Zero, Threatening Industry?

Here is yet another post arguing that open source software introduces a pricing race to zero that threatens the entire software industry, especially commercial efforts within it. It's from Gene Quinn, a patent attorney, writing for IP Watchdog. Dana Blankenhorn has an interesting reaction post up, in which he argues that open source doesn't drive all costs to zero, but that costs become shared. I agree with Blankenhorn, but there are several other fundamental problems with Quinn's argument.


The Open Source Movement, and Microsoft's Unlucky Breaks

Microsoft Watch's Joe Wilcox, in solemn observance of Friday the 13th, compiled a list of Microsoft's ten most unlucky breaks. The strokes of misfortune chosen were weighted according to heinousness (with #10 being least signficant, and #1 the most).

Checking in at #7 is the development of the Linux kernel. Putting aside Microsoft's whole Schrodinger's cat sort of approach to Linux over the years (Linux is not a threat. Linux is a threat), it is interesting Wilcox (and the analysts who helped him narrow down the list) focused on the kernel as the bad break.



Live Search: A Firefox Extension from Microsoft

Even Microsoft can't ignore the power of Mozilla's Firefox browser anymore. The company has released a Firefox extension called Live Search that is designed to deliver fast results and suggestion based on Microsoft's search engine from within Firefox. The extension was written by the Live Search team at Microsoft.? What's surprising here is that Microsoft doesn't deliver more extensions for Firefox that could benefit it and everybody else.


Moonlight 1.0 Beta Available

Not long ago the Moonlight development team announced that the Linux Silverlight adaptation was drawing ever nearer to the 1.0 release. On December 1st, the Moonlight 1.0 beta version was released.

The Moonlight beta installs easily, and works quite well (though some sites respond better than others, this seems to hold true with Silverlight in a native Windows environment as well). The few hiccups I encountered during installation had more to do with network congestion and user error than the application itself.



Pigs Taking Flight? Office Web For Mac and Linux?

When Microsoft announced it was planning to offer lightweight, web-based versions of some of its Office components, there was some speculation that maybe it could be used with alternate browsers. It seemed Firefox would be a likely candidate beyond IE, and some ventured to wonder about Safari.

Even if Firefox was supported, it didn't seem likely this suite would be specifically web based, so it would need Windows, right? According to a few sources it seems as if that might not be the case. Though the source is a Microsoft Community member blog (and not a pronouncement from corporate sources) the concept of this service on Mac and Linux is fascinating because it suggests so much about what Microsoft might be thinking.



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