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Sun, ex-staffers in war of words over OpenDS project changes

John Fontana By John Fontana
Sun says unauthorized changes were made; ex-project owners refute Sun claim they usurped authority. Read full story

Senior Editor John Fontana covers Microsoft for Network World. Reach him at jfontana@nww.com.

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