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Microsoft To Exhibit at LinuxWorld Expo

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seems-like-a-good-idea-to-me dept.

Earendil writes "Linux Today has a confirmed report that Microsoft is going to be an exhibitor at LinuxWorld Expo. One can only guess at what Microsoft's motives might be. It will be interesting to see the reaction to the appearance of a Microsoft booth." No doubt this means that the more childish among us will make us all look bad. Sigh.

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  1. Interesting by rhadamanthus · · Score: 5, Informative
    According to the floor plan Microsoft is placed just across the way from Codeweavers (booth 1289). What an amusing prospect...

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  2. Rember... by jabbadeznuts · · Score: 2, Informative

    that MS does have a unix kernel. They use it in thier migration from Unix to Windows stuff I think. MS does do some *NIX stuff, they just don't like to admit it. It will be interesting to see what they bring to the *NIX table though.

  3. Suspect... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I've heard mention of this from a few Microsoft'ers... it's likely they'll be unveiling the Microsoft apps layer that sits on top of the Linux kernel. This makes me shudder... In the span of 20 years they've come up with a metric ton of software through embrace an extend, it would be unwise to presume that there is no possibility of a world where the "Linux" product in the eyes of the consumer has turned into another version of "Windows" that has Microsoft apps written on top of the Linux kernel...

  4. Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX by nutznboltz · · Score: 2, Informative

    Are they going to be plugging this creature? They are testing it against RedHate Linux.

  5. Re:Embrace and Extend. by HeUnique · · Score: 4, Informative

    It could be...

    It could be also that they'll demo SFU 3.0 (windows Services For Unix) - which was actually Interix until MS bought them (it was a very nice product, although the stuff there was ancient - X11R5, etc..)

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  6. Re:What??!! by BigGar' · · Score: 2, Informative

    Feel free to pelt them with eggs

    Nah, eat a relly bad diet for a few days prior then walk up to the booth, ask them what's going on. Then as you leave, BREAK WIND.

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  7. Microsoft Has Repsonded by LinuxScribe · · Score: 2, Informative
    Just wanted to inform everyone that I was finally able to get a hold of someone from Microsoft who answered the question of why they were planning to attend.

    The story has been updated with the Microsoft replies as of 2103 UTC.

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    Linux Today

  8. They're going to be evangelizing Palladium by surfimp · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here's something from an article titled "Microsoft Seeks Industry-Wide Collaboration for "Palladium" Initiative" I found on Microsoft's website:

    PressPass spoke to John Manferdelli, general manager of the Windows business unit that is building Palladium. He says that while Microsoft's global outreach to the rest of the computer industry has only just begun, the response so far has been very positive. "The development of Palladium is still in its infancy," he says. "While we realize there are many more constituencies that need to be brought into the process, we have every reason to believe this is a technological breakthrough that the industry can really get behind."

    I think they're coming to LinuxWorld in an attempt to get Linux/OSS developers on-board with Palladium. That's the big story, of which .NET is only a part.

  9. Re:Good point on their hardware. by Ogerman · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is ONE type of product that M$ does well, and makes an honest living with - Input devices.
    You've apparently never taken one of "their" input devices apart. Do so and learn. Last I checked, they're all made by Mitsumi. Who the heck knows how or by whom they were designed. They're just branded OEM products. I like the keyboard design reasonably well, but Logitech makes much more ergonomic mice IHMO.