Red Hat and Microsoft: Love-Hate Relationship Goes Virtual | Linux Today

Red Hat and Microsoft: Love-Hate Relationship Goes Virtual

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 8, 2009

[ Thanks to The
VAR Guy
for this link. ]

“During the Red Hat Summit in September, the open
source company warned customers and channel partners not to get
locked into Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud strategy. Fast
forward to the present, and Red Hat and Microsoft are locked in a
virtual hug. Here’s the scoop.

“Fact is, Red Hat and Microsoft need each other. Midsize and
large businesses mix and match Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Windows
Server in their data centers. And web hosts also have to mix and
match Red Hat and Microsoft operating systems in order to appease a
range of customer and VAR demands.”


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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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