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Open Source Installs, Courtesy Of ... Microsoft?
Published 10/17/2008 by nospam@cmp.com (Serdar Yegulalp) at InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
Earlier this week Microsoft took another step towards making open source part of their balanced breakfast: they introduced the Web Platform Installer . It not only installs Microsoft's own Web stack, but a slew of common open-source web apps. Prepare to see more flying pigs, I say.
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