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You probably saw the comments from Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie this week, regarding his vision of a slow integration of technology platforms if Microsoft does acquire Yahoo. Ozzie told the Financial Times that seeking to quickly smash things together would be reckless. However, most of the analysis of these comments is centering on how Microsoft might approach integrating Yahoo's online advertising with its own platforms. This misses some huge points, not the least of which is that Yahoo runs almost entirely on open source software, and Microsoft will have to embrace that if it picks up Yahoo.