Red Hat to MS: Let's Talk Interoperability | Linux Today

Red Hat to MS: Let’s Talk Interoperability

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 4, 2007

[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols
for this link. ]

“Even though patent talks between Microsoft and Red Hat broke
down last year before Microsoft went on to sign a technical
collaboration and patent indemnity deal with Novell, Red Hat is
still willing to work with the Redmond software maker on the
interoperability front.

“But the Linux vendor wants to limit those talks to pure
interoperability between Windows and Red Hat Linux, with the goal
of solving real customer problems, Paul Cormier, Red Hat’s
executive vice president of engineering, told eWEEK…”

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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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