OSS on Windows the Next Big Thing?

Lam1969 writes "Linux geeks and Microsoft have similar interests, says Computerworld: They both are interested in seeing open-source software succeed. Linux geeks admit that the open source OS isn't necessarily a better platform for important applications, and Microsoft recognizes that many of its customers are using open-source applications, and doesn't want to alienate them." From the article: "Faced with the allure of inexpensive open-source applications among its core customer base of small to midsize businesses, Microsoft has toned down its rhetoric. 'It's a myth that open-source and Windows can't work together. Customers just aren't religious about these things,' said Ryan Gavin, a director of platform strategy for Microsoft."

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Heresy!

[Hikaru79]

Linux geeks admit that the open source OS isn't necessarily a better platform for important applications

Okay, that's it. Turn your card in at the door. We never want to see you again.

Free Software jihad

[ettlz]

'It's a myth that open-source and Windows can't work together. Customers just aren't religious about these things,' said Ryan Gavin, a director of platform strategy for Microsoft."

Infidels!

Windows needs better acronyms

[RingDev]

Windows, IIS, MySQL, PHP - WIMP

-Rick

Re:Windows needs better acronyms

[CableModemSniper]

PHP IIS SQL Server ?

Re:MS Grasping for Straws

[Profane MuthaFucka]

But wait, what if bash WAS a kernel? What if we re-wrote the Linux kernel in Bash? Hmmmm? Linux would run everywhere you had bash! It would be a bash kernel! Now that doesn't seem so dumb now, huh?