Microsoft Plays Up Open Source
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| Recently Microsoft's open source software lab posted PostgreSQL on
| Windows: A Primer. Postgres is one of the longest running open
| source databases -- it has been around for nearly 11 years. The
| powerful object-relational database is a direct competitor to
| other OSS databases, as well as Microsoft's SQL Server 2005. So
| why is Microsoft promoting it?
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http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/07/02/25/2247239.shtml
They also support Python, they try to enhance PHP along with Zend, boost Xen
performance with a XenSource partnership, Ruby support, and so forth. They
are losing grip, so they try to keep programmers/systems admins (e.g. for
virtualisation) on their platform. That's partly what the Novell deal is
about (less about interoperability and mostly about patent FUD). How long
before they get together with the OpenOffice team just as they got involved
with Mozilla programmers, who sometimes seem to neglect some other platforms
(according to O'Reilly Radar). They buy an advantage rather than earn it.
Related:
PHP, Windows: Not an Oxymoron?
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| Most PHP developers use a Windows desktop to develop their code, but then
| turn to Linux when it comes time to deploy their apps. It's a situation
| that Microsoft is hoping to change.
|
| [...]
|
| Though Microsoft is a sponsor of the php|works conference, Stagner noted
| for the record that Microsoft did not pay for him to speak and he wasn't
| lost and knows that the conference isn't TechED.
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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3632136
Zend bulks up PHP app server for business
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| A Linux version of the Zend Platform 3.0 will be available on Monday
| for both 32-bit and 64-bit chips.
|
| By April, Zend intends to release a Windows version, which will be
| the first time that the company will offer a certified Windows
| deployment server, Gutmans said. Right now, most PHP applications
| run on Linux servers rather than Windows because PHP software for
| Linux is more robust, he said.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6158007.html
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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
|
| [...]
|
| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
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