Microsoft Brings Its Email Protocols to Linux | Linux Today

Microsoft Brings Its Email Protocols to Linux

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 15, 2007

“A little more than two months since Xandros jumped on board of
Microsoft’s Windows-Linux interoperability and intellectual
property assurance wagon, the two companies revealed in a joint
announcement that they are expanding their collaboration. In this
context, Microsoft and Xandros will focus on growing the
interoperability bridge between their respective email servers with
the help of the Redmond company’s email protocols.

“‘The expansion of our agreement with Xandros is a strong
example of how collaboration through intellectual property
licensing can foster innovation that benefits the overall IT
ecosystem,’ said Horacio Gutierrez, vice president, Intellectual
Property and Licensing at Microsoft…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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