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  • [Photo] J.W. Bizzaro • May 3, 2004
    An article by Paul Festa:

    ``As Microsoft focuses on merging its Web browser and operating system software, open-source competitors are mulling a proposal to join forces and beat the software giant to the punch.

    ``Representatives from two open-source foundations, Mozilla and Gnome, met last week to consider a joint course of action aimed at keeping their respective Web and desktop software products relevant once Microsoft releases the next major overhaul of its Windows operating system, known as Longhorn.

    ``Microsoft now has `a single team for Web and native desktop rendering,' noted one participant, according to meeting minutes posted on the Gnome Web site. `Gnome and Mozilla need to align to counter this.'''

    Full story:
    http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5201325.html

    ``Microsoft has promised that Longhorn will fuse Web browsing and desktop computing to an unprecedented degree''? I guess the antitrust suit a few years back was all for nothing.

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