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[News] Microsoft Excludes Non-Ballnux Linuxes Again, But Uses Linux in House

Microsoft opens up to Linux for System Center, but on a very short leash

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| ...one would expect Microsoft to support not only SUSE Enterprise Linux but 
| also Ubuntu Linux and Red Hat Enterprise Linux as part of this. After all, if 
| it's customers you want to benefit, then go for the two Linux distributions 
| with the biggest community appeal (Ubuntu) and corporate appeal (Red Hat). 
| Supporting only the Linux vendor with whom you have a measure of control  
| through a patent agreement is, well, not so open.    
|
| So, good first step. Now let's see just how committed Microsoft is to 
| openness. 
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9931726-16.html

Microsoft: you can use Linux, as long as you pay Microsoft for it.

Microsoft targets CA, HP with new management attack

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| Linux vendors Novell and Red Hat have incorporated WBEM or its derivatives 
| into their Linux operating systems and Sun and HP have done the same with 
| their Unix-based operating systems. Microsoft has its own implementation of 
| WBEM called Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).   
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/042908-microsoft-management-platform.html?fsrc=rss-linux

And the hypocrites at Microsoft don't eat their dogfood. They still use more
and more Linux.

FAST: Bring on The Microsoft Linux/Unix Ties

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| Did someone pull a FAST one on Microsoft? 
| 
| [...]
| 
| You could almost hear a collective "gulp" coming from Redmond. After all, the 
| purchase of a company that supports Linux/Unit would seem to go against the 
| company's DNA, wouldn't it?  
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http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3743476/FAST+Bring+on+The+Microsoft+LinuxUnix+Ties.htm


Related:

Top secret: Microsoft's $6 billion open source play

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| This month's announcement by Microsoft to acquire digital marketing
| services firm aQuantive has revealed little on how the companies
| will integrate their IT, but inside information indicates the deal
| may be Redmond's largest commitment to free software.
|
| [...]
|
| Whether the businesses are complementary or not, Microsoft's integration
| work will no doubt involve a lot of open source software used by aQuantive.
|
| Information available from Atlas' Web site indicates the Internet software
| company employs extensive use of open source software including Linux,
| Apache, MySQL, and Solaris.
|
| Software engineers at Atlas' Raleigh office do client/server development in
| C and C++, software maintenance and "scripting", and developing and
| maintaining custom reporting capabilities.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1616039231;fp;2;fpid;1


It's unofficial: Microsoft bets business on Linux

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| What the press statement didn't mention is that Aruba mobility
| controllers run the Linux operating system which Microsoft has
| aggressively targeted as being inferior to Windows as part of
| its "Get the Facts" marketing campaign.
|
| [...]
|
| Pandey's appraisal of Aruba's technology is in stark contrast to
| Microsoft's "Get the Facts" rhetoric which places Windows as a more secure,
| and higher-performing choice over Linux.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;754084996;fp;2;fpid;1

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