Coekaerts’ job is to help push enterprise open source forward, in terms of both continuing to improve Linux support on Microsoft’s Azure cloud as well as participating in the broader open-source community.
“Open source is no longer a stranger to Microsoft; it’s part of day-to-day life,” Coekaerts said. “I want people to know that this is a different Microsoft than you are used to.”
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