Microsoft Calls for Truce With GPL and Linux?

An anonymous reader writes to mention an eWeek article discussing Microsoft's efforts to reach out to the open source community. The company is hoping to find a common ground with softare released under the GPL, so that OSS and Microsoft products can interoperate. From the article: "The goal, from both sides, is to meet customer needs, he said, adding, 'This is just the more mature view of the way the world is evolving, and we want to make sure that if customers are choosing Linux or other open-source-based products that we have ways of interoperating and working effectively with that.'" A related article mentions Windows server Expert Jeremy Moskowitzs' call for a truce between the Linux and Windows communities.

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New look, same old crap?

[xebra]

I'm just curious, do the editors ever bother to read their own posts before submitting? You went through this whole rigamorole recently to update Slashdot to a more modern and professional look and feel, but what really needs modification is the operators of the site, not the site itself. If you would bother to spellcheck, and bother to read each other's posts to prevent dupes ... well, I wouldn't have anything to talk about.

offtopic mp3 player

[smellsofbikes]

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