Microsoft Promises to Stop Being So Damn Mean

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The breakdown of its commitment:

o Open APIs (a la Google) for Microsoft Office
o 30,000 shared pages of documentation for Windows client and server protocols
o Resisting the temptation to sue the crap out of open source devs

We’ll see how long that lasts. What’s the turnaround time for a bully in rehab?

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