Microsoft to support Linux platform

[directfiesta]

what a change of policy

Microsoft Corp. has embraced Novell Inc.?s open-source software platform, forming a technological truce between two longtime antagonists who want to make it easier for the still-dominant Windows operating system and the increasingly popular Linux system to work together.

The agreement announced Thursday between the world?s largest seller of patent-protected software and a leader in the open-source software movement has potentially important business, technical and legal implications.

?This builds a very important intellectual-property bridge between the open source and proprietary sides of software,? Brad Smith, Microsoft?s general counsel, said shortly before the companies formally announced their alliance in San Francisco.

Financial terms of the arrangement weren?t disclosed.

The alliance is primarily aimed at the growing number of major companies and government agencies that rely on elements of Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft?s Windows and Linux to run their computers.

?It all comes down to recognizing there is a mixed environment out there,? Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said during a Thursday press conference.

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[SinisterStudios]

I dont believe it, it has to be some Microcrap plot to kill Linux.

[ro8in]

well this would be good but with the upcoming Vista and stuff this hardly can be true...