Microsoft established a fund to finance the open source, which are now regarded as the main alternative to the products of the corporation. Bill Gates hopes to find a business model that will allow his company to earn a free PO.Korporatsiya Microsoft Founded Fund CodePlex Foundation, which will finance projects of software products with open source software (open source, or free software). Fund Manager appointed Sam Ramji (Sam Ramji), who had previously headed a small unit within the Microsoft. The corporation has already made an initial contribution of $ 1 million in funding fonda.Svobodnoe software is a program with open source software, unlike Microsoft, access to source code which is restricted by copyright. Corporation was tried several times with representatives of the community, Open Source, because their products are considered as an alternative to proprietary software. Bill Gates breaks down the barriers for Development of Open Source products in Microsoft reached a point where work in this area must go beyond a single laboratory and become a subject of study of various divisions of the company ", - commented on the situation, Bill Gates, who now holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors. According to him, Microsoft has appeared a clear understanding of where to use free software, and with what products, these technologies will be competing. The main objective of working with free software - the development of the compatibility of different software products, says Bill Gates. Microsoft will earn in the open CODEPO said newly-elected head of the fund, Sam Ramji, the task of organizing "break down the barriers that stand between open source projects and marketing of a product." In fact, many products with open source really does not bring a profit to developers, as well as distributed free of charge or for nominal fee. On the other hand, already exist commercially successful open source companies that use "shareware" business model, when the developer does not earn on the supply of software, and its future maintenance. For example, as are some companies that produce distributions of the operating system Linux.O specific projects, which will CodePlex Foundation, is still unknown. Ramji hoped that the activities of its stock will be attended by other companies, so that "the proportion of Microsoft will be blurred. What does potrebitelDo still relevant Microsoft to open source could not be called friendly. Just a few days ago, the company distributed a pamphlet in American stores, "What the consumer wants," which argues that open source OS Linux does not have any advantages over Windows.Britanskaya Register writes that many provisions in this booklet are taken from the air or even contrary to reality. As an example, publication of results in the assertion that Linux does not work with iPod, but actually it is not.
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