http://blogs.zdnet.com/Gardner/index.php?p=2369
Summary: - Virtualization is key. - Web-services and service-oriented architectures (Mono implication?) - Document format compatibility - OpenOffice, ODF format, etc... Microsoft will contribute to Open-source projects (Nice.) Microsoft will not assert its patents against individual non-commercial open source developers and users (Awesome) Microsoft is promising not assert its patents against openSUSE.org contributors (???) whose code is included in the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform. (OK, this is weird, trying to fragment on particular platform away from other Linux systems?) Anyway, overall, I'm optimistic about the future of this deal. Even if it doesn't benefit me, a non Suse-Linux user, it will benefit Linux, as Microsoft starts to learn how to contribute and play with the open-source community (I am hoping)
