ZDNet UK: Microsoft on Warding Off the Linux Threat

Oct 04, 2006, 14:15 (9 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Richard Thurston)

"Q: As the man responsible for seeing off the Linux threat at Microsoft UK, how do you see the open source challenge today?

"A: In a word--maturing. The Linux community is commercialising a lot. But we have learnt a lot from the open source community--our approach is now a lot more open. We have set up a Linux laboratory in Microsoft so we can understand customers' challenges around interoperability..."

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