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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Re:Slashdot reformatting

[markhb]

Um, what the hell happened to my UL? Did they change the parser on us?

I don't know what they've done, if it's wrapped up in the CSS change or something else. I always liked using blockquote and italics for quoted bits, but now it will only show what you see above (and that was written with the italics tags included).