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Linux for Workgroups and Microsoft’s Open Source Relationship

Is Linux 20 years behind the curve compared to Microsoft (MSFT) Windows? Certainly not, but that’s what things look like on the surface in the wake of Linus Torvalds’s announcement of plans for Linux kernel version 3.11, otherwise known as “Linux for Workgroups.” And that makes this a great moment to reflect upon how much the Microsoft-Linux relationship has evolved, and warmed, over the last two decades.

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