According to the article, the context for the contest is Microsoft's business concerns in India. The article does not say there is a direct link between the contest and the open source threat.
Often, being balanced means giving opposed perspectives within a story. Rai was obviously trying to balance the piece by giving comments from open sourcers. But she could have attributed the comments with direct quotes.
--Kalyan
Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 11-Dec-05, at 1:15 AM, kalyan wrote:
> The Code4Bill contest will begin in January and last eight months.
> Twenty finalists will receive internships with Microsoft India
> before a final winner is selected to join Mr. Gates's own team.
Pray what is Mr. Gates's own team? Mr. Gates owns the effing company.
Joining his team could mean anything from architecting Xbox 720 to
plugging and unplugging all kinds of devices day after day to test
the reliability of the Add New Hardware Wizard. It's as ambiguous as
it gets.
It is not clear Microsoft has indicated the contest is out of concern
for open source's growing popularity, or if the reporter interprets
it so. The reporter happens to be based in Bangalore, where a major
open source conference recently concluded. Who wants to take a guess?
This article could have done with being more level-headed.
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Kiran Jonnalagadda
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