Microsoft’s opinion?
The “Halloween” Documents of 1998
l “…the intrinsic parallelism and free idea exchange in OSS has
benefits that are not replicable with our current licensing model…”
l “..commercial quality can be achieved / exceeded by    OSS
projects.”
l “…OSS is long-term credible…”
l “…OSS advocates are making a progressively more    credible
argument that OSS software is at least as robust -- if not more --
than commercial alternatives.”
l “The ability of the OSS process to collect and harness the collective
IQ of thousands of individuals across    the Internet is simply
amazing.”