Hanrahan Hire Shows True Microsoft Weakness | Linux Today

Hanrahan Hire Shows True Microsoft Weakness

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 12, 2007

“Microsoft’s hire of Tom Hanrahan, formerly director of
engineering for the Linux Foundation (and before that of the OSDL,
one of its predecessors) says a lot about the company’s true open
source situation.

“Hanrahan will now be running Microsoft’s interoperability lab,
which it set up after its Novell deal. His immediate supervisor
will be Sam Ramji, who runs its Open Source Software Lab. Above him
will be Bill Hilf, general manager of the Platform Strategy
Group…”

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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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