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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. 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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  3. 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.