“A law firm in New Zeeland advises the NZ State Services Commission that the government should be wary of using ‘infectious’ open source software. ‘While the use of open source software has many benefits, it brings with it a number of legal risks not posed by proprietary or commercial software.’”
The man behind that report works for Microsoft. [more]
(I’ve decided to add a new category to my blog, named “FUD”. FUD stands for Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt, and is a thing Microsoft is very good at.)
I wish I could say that comments like that are surprise. It’s going to take a very long time for Microsoft and crew to come to terms with open source.