<nettime> Microsoft to support Linux - !!!???

["Prem Chandavarkar" <prem {AT} cnt-semac.com>]

Does this mark a change in the ways of the world?  Has there been coverage
on this in other parts of the world?


http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1084496.cms

Microsoft to support Linux

In a marked departure from its earlier stand, Microsoft has promised to add
Linux support for the first time in one of its products. Microsoft's Server
2005 product will run on non-Windows machines, including Linux.

Microsoft had always rebuffed any requests for interoperability with
products it didn't make, particularly Linux, an open-source giant, which it
has long considered a threatening alternative.


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