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Microsoft Finally Certifies an Open Source Web App

Posted by timothy on from the where's-your-hall-pass-professor dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has caught up with the fact that open source web-based software exists, today announcing an open source project written in PHP is the first 'Certified for Windows' software that (a) follows an OSI-approved license and (b) runs via a webserver rather than operating as a native Windows executable. The software in question is SilverStripe CMS, free software released under a BSD license, that is used to build and manage websites. Certification entails a third-party performing various tests and audits on the software and giving it the green light. If other open source projects can follow suit, this will be another step in getting business folk to see that open source is ready for enterprise use. And heck, maybe even a .NET application could now seek to be certified!"

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  1. Tonight On Bizzaro World News ... by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If other open source projects can follow suit, this will be another step in getting business folk to see that open source is ready for enterprise use."

    Maybe someday Apache on Linux will be the most popular web server, and HP, IBM, Oracle, and the other big companies will start offering Linux solutions!

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    Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
  2. Re:Cookie by petteyg359 · · Score: 1, Funny

    PHP is the only language that has such exploitable vulnerabilities. Windows, which is not programmed in PHP, has never had exploitable vulnerabilities.

  3. Re:Another troll in the summary by darthdavid · · Score: 3, Funny

    Note for any visiting Europeans: A sink is not an acceptable substitute for a bidet and should not be used as such.

  4. Re:the more restrictive GPL license by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sorry, I'm missing the part where the bold words mean something novel or interesting.