Microsoft's 1998 internal memo described open-source software as a direct short-term revenue and platform threat.

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"Microsoft’s 1998 internal memo described open-source software as a direct short-term revenue and platform threat."

Microsoft confirmed the authenticity of the leaked memo, which explicitly characterized open-source software as a direct revenue and platform threat, particularly in server markets.

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Source title MS: Open Source is Direct Threat

Source authors Chris Oakes

Source year 1998

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