Microsoft to Announce Linux Partnership with Novell

[amac4me]

SEATTLE, Nov 2 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is entering into an agreement with Novell Inc. (NOVL.O: Quote, Profile, Research) that will allow open-source Linux software to work with the company's Windows software, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Microsoft plans to make a major announcement later on Thursday, but declined to comment on the article

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[-elk-]

This is really a really really good thing, or a really really bad thing. Unfortunatly i am neither intelligent nor well enough enformed to decide which.

 

[SC68Cal]

Embrace, Extend, Eliminate

 

[iMetroid]

I don't see a problem with open source software running in Windows. Many (if not most) of them already do.

However - if this means Vista will include open source software, that isn't good.

 

[wmmk]

meh. we have X11, so i suppose this is OK. i doubt that many windows users will be installing OOo and scribus and stuff.

 

[MisterMe]

I don't see a problem with open source software running in Windows. Many (if not most) of them already do.

However - if this means Vista will include open source software, that isn't good.

Windows already supports opensource. It's called Interix. Look it up.