From reading the article, I gather that they're only talking about.net web services, which are just interfaces to objects on a system using XML messsages over HTTP. It doesn't matter how those objects are implemented. They don't necessarily have to run on the CLR.
The article doesn't mention them providing tools to make linux a client.net platform, which seems typical of MS. My guess is they realize the linux makes up a good percentage of the web servers out there, and they need to find a way to have those servers host.net web services.
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From reading the article, I gather that they're only talking about .net web services, which are just interfaces to objects on a system using XML messsages over HTTP. It doesn't matter how those objects are implemented. They don't necessarily have to run on the CLR.
The article doesn't mention them providing tools to make linux a client .net platform, which seems typical of MS. My guess is they realize the linux makes up a good percentage of the web servers out there, and they need to find a way to have those servers host .net web services.