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Halloween Document 8 (1196 words) |
 | This is an unusual Halloween memorandum in that it's not particularly redolent of evil. |
| Halloween IV: When Software Things Were Rotten: Vinod Vallopillil's boss calls us "Robin Hood and his merry band." We return the compliment. |
| Halloween X: Follow The Money: In which we learn the extent of SCO's sock-puppet relationship to its master in Redmond. |
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Halloween documents - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (720 words) |
| The Halloween documents is the name used outside Microsoft for a series of confidential memoranda on potential strategies related to open-source software and to Linux in particular. |
| The first Halloween document, requested by senior vice-president James Allchin for the attention of senior vice-president Paul Maritz and written by Microsoft program manager Vinod Valloppillil, was leaked to Eric S. Raymond in October 1998, who immediately published an annotated version on his web site. |
| A parody by Raymond of the two original Halloween documents and of a quote by Microsoft's Ed Muth comparing open source developers to Robin Hood. |
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