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Microsoft Hires Director of Linux Interoperability

Posted by kdawson on from the over-to-the-dark-side dept.

AlexGr sends us to Todd Bishop's blog in the Seattle PI for news that Microsoft has brought someone aboard to serve as its Director of Linux Interoperability and head up the Microsoft/Novell Interoperability Lab. "...his name will be familiar to people in the open-source community. In an e-mail late Thursday night, a Microsoft representative said the role will be filled by Tom Hanrahan, who was most recently the director of engineering at the Linux Foundation, the group created through the recent combination of the Free Standards Group and the Open Source Development Labs."

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  1. Re:I still think.. by jshriverWVU · · Score: 2, Informative

    Microsoft had their own Unix back in the day:
    Xenix

  2. Re:Once again by Jussi+K.+Kojootti · · Score: 5, Informative

    Once again I expect to get beaten to death by zealots moderators but I really don't care. Getting karma back on slashdot is really easy screaming a pair of "linuzz rocks" and "OMG MS copies Apple again", so I don't care getting modded down by expressing MY opinion, which is as valid as anyone elses.

    ...

    Not a troll or flaimbait, but mod me so... I don't care. I can fake my stupid karma back. I've done so a houndred of times. Getting karma is easy. losing it by expressing a valid opinion is a honor,

    Personally I think that even mentioning moderation ("I know I'll be modded down for this, but..") is pretty lame. You just spent half your post brooding over it.
  3. Re:Itsatrap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Dante's Inferno says otherwise, kid.

  4. Re:They already have a Linux variant WIP by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 2, Informative

    ReactOS isn't a Linux variant by any means. It's an attempt to reimplement Windows completely from the ground up, without using any Linux components.

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  5. Re:Finally by Zonk+(troll) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Maybe it means that Windows will get EXT2/EXT3 file system support in order to read Linux partitions. That support is already there. Though it would be better if it was in Windows by default.

    Maybe it means that Linux will get a Microsoft approved NTFS file system support for Linux so it can finally write to NTFS partitions. That also is possible, and it works quite well.
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  6. It's already begun!!! by adamofgreyskull · · Score: 2, Informative

    Now Windows will have 200 distributions with subtle changes between them.
    Errr..
    Windows Vista
    Windows Vista Home Basic (and Home Basic N) - A simple version of Windows Vista that is aimed at single PC homes.
    Windows Vista Home Premium - Whole home entertainment and personal productivity throughout the home and on the go.
    Windows Vista Business (and Business N) - Previously Windows Vista Professional Edition, Windows Vista Business is roughly analogous to XP Pro today.
    Windows Vista Enterprise - Optimized for the enterprise, this version will be a true superset of Windows Vista Pro Edition.
    Windows Vista Ultimate - "The best operating system ever offered for a personal PC," optimized for the individual.