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Microsoft Watch: Meet the Head of Microsoft’s Linux Lab

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Mary Jo Foley
May 7, 2005

“Hidden away in Building 17–when he’s not on the road, working
to counteract the impression among open-source backers that
Microsoft is the devil personified–is Bill Hilf. Hilf works for
Microsoft’s general manager of platform strategy and Linux point
man, Martin Taylor. Hilf is the director of Microsoft’s platform
technology strategy group. He also happens to run a sizeable Linux
lab on the Redmond campus.

“Linux running at Microsoft? Isn’t that sacrilege? Think of it
more as a competitive advantage, said Hilf…”

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