[Typo3] has microsoft hacked the site or what ?

[Steve Webster]

What date is it people?  Truly hope this is an April Fool...

>From: Ralf Mertes <info at typo3saar.de>
>Reply-To: info at typo3saar.de,TYPO3 English 
><typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de>
>To: typo3-english at lists.netfielders.de
>Subject: [Typo3] has microsoft hacked the site or what ?
>Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 17:59:11 +0200
>
>The TYPO3 association led by Kasper Skårhøj has decided to sell the 
>copyright of the popluar CMS project to Microsoft. Everything published so 
>far under GPL will stay that way, but all upcoming development, inlcluding 
>the soon to be published version 3.8.0, will be under a new license, which 
>is
>yet to be verified.
>
>Leading developers has signed a contract with the new owners stating that 
>they will not continue the development of TYPO3 under any open source 
>license.
>
>TYPO3 is to be merged with existing CMS software from Microsoft (see 
>www.microsoft.com/cmserver/default.aspx) and to be ported to the .net 
>platform.
>
>Microsoft intents to buy the rigths of a number of popular extensions as 
>well.
>
>More information as well as an official statement from chief developer 
>Kasper Skårhøj will be announced within the next week.
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