OSS Watch has published an article titled Microsoft: an end to open hostilities?: 'Whilst some believe that significant change is underway at Microsoft, many are not so easily convinced. They worry that there is more 'spin' than substance to the company's various open source initiatives, and others point to past exploits as evidence of Microsoft's inability to change. In this respect there are three key events that have drawn attention to the company's interest in open source development: Microsoft's sponsorship of the ASF, the MS-Novell deal, and an agreement with the Open Source Initiative (OSI) to certify two Microsoft licences.'
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Many analysts argue that the Windows era is drawing to a close and that new forces in the computing industry, such as the service cloud computing model, the rise of mobile phones and the success of Google's advertising-based revenue model, are all forcing a kind of organisational rethink. Joining this list has to be the in-road that FOSS has made on the mentality that surrounds Microsoft's closed source software model.
