When Linux Spooked Microsoft: Remembering 1998's Leaked 'Halloween Documents'

It happened a quarter of a century ago. The New York Times wrote that "An internal memorandum reflecting the views of some of Microsoft's top executives and software development managers reveals deep concern about the threat of free software and proposes a number of strategies for competing against free programs that have recently been gaining in popularity."The memo warns that the quality of free software can meet or exceed that of commercial programs and describes it as a potentially serious t