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Microsoft’s Biggest Purchase Uses Open Source

by Mike Abundo on May 29th, 2007

As it spreads FUD against open source, Microsoft faces the quagmire of integrating a six billion dollar purchase that uses open source.

I don’t know if these guys are hypocrites, or just completely uncoordinated. Either way, their largest purchase to date uses something they supposedly oppose. Nice impulse-buy reaction to Google, guys.

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  • Microsoft Tries to Buy More Ad Clue with AdECN
    Jul 27, 2007 at 4:21 am

    [...] Right after spending six billion dollars to buy ad network aQuantive, Microsoft buys ad exchange AdECN. Clearly, the boys at Redmond are blindly hellbent on competing with Google’s cash cow, AdSense. They bought AdECN even while they’re having trouble integrating aQuantive. [...]

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