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Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is asking a question that a lot of companies and individuals are evaluating: Could you switch over to being 100 percent open source? Adrian concludes that he could not, although he likes the concept, and a survey he has embedded in his post yields the same answer from almost half of respondents. Should we wish for a world of 100 percent open source software, though?

Are you interested in taking the job of Director of Open Source Desktop Strategy at Microsoft? If so, here's the LinkedIn job description. Matt Aslett at The 451 Group notes that Microsoft is looking for a strong team member to lead Microsoft?s global desktop competitive strategy as it relates to open source competitors.? The language used in the job description stays vague about whether the successful candidate's job will be to stave off open source competitors or grow an open source strategy internally, but this is yet another sign that Microsoft has open source directly on its radar.

We've written before about how open source initiatives in schools could make it possible to do things like put a Linux notebook (or netbook) in the hands of every kid. England has made headlines for pushing many open source initiatives recently, but the big news this week is that Russia has mandated that all Russian schools must use free software. Are socialist leanings at work here, does this make sense, and will it work?