Microsoft Bus Riders to Get Wi-Fi via Linux Routers

"Microsoft employees may end up holding their noses a bit while surfing the Web on the company's new bus system. The mobile wireless routers on board the company's 'Connector' employee bus system, made by Seattle-based Junxion Inc., use the open-source Linux operating system--which Microsoft has identified as one of its biggest competitive threats.

"Peter Polson, Junxion's president, explained that there wouldn't be a realistic Windows-based alternative in this particular segment of the router market..."

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