The Austin Open Source August Meetup

Is the argument that Microsoft is still influencing innovations in the Open Source arena valid? Is it true that every thing open source developers do is aimed at countering Microsoft's products like Exchange, Office, Windows Server family, Windows XP and Vista, SQL, SharePoint, etc.? I believe Open Source developers have a much broader view of where technology is heading. What are your thoughts?
Let's discuss. See you on Thursday.

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