I totally agree with the author's view but business is business, this is just a pure business decision, MS is fully aware that most of the enterprise networks today are hybrid (Proprietary and FOSS) hence the move. We may hate Bill and his evil MS empire and all but we can't downplay what he's done/gave to charity.
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 1:19 AM, Ariz Jacinto <[email protected]> wrote: > > FTA[1]: > > " Microsoft is contributing thousands of lines of code to the Linux kernel, > with the blessing of open-source leaders.... The contribution of code will > make it possible to run a variety of Linux distributions as guests on > Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology for Windows Server 2008...." > > "...It's good to see Microsoft participating, but they're not saving the > whales here," Zemlin said. "They're doing this for business reasons. They > want their products to be more competitive and compatible with Linux -- not > because they love Linux or open source, but because they need this for their > products to succeed in the marketplace...." > > > [1] > http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsoft_contributes_code_to_Linux_under_GPL_51145562.html > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- http://jangestre.blogpsot.com
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