Daniel Cody - “Left on the Lake”

Microsoft is looking more and more confused these days trying to come up with a strategy against open source software:

Chris Sharp, director for platform strategy for Microsoft in Asia-Pacific, said governments that standardise on open-source software are hurting their local software vendors as they can’t make the money needed to invest in their own software products.

Sharp, who used to work for Red Hat before joining Microsoft, said building open-source software is a “waste of money” and that a company was in effect giving away its intellectual property, preventing it from getting future benefits. - techworld.com

The Asian Pacific market that Mr. Sharp represents is a big big supporter of open source software, especially governments like Japan, Taiwan, and China. Scaring them into thinking that OSS is a ‘waste of money’ shows how scared Microsoft is itself.

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