Microsoft Stops Fighting Linux, And Tries To Give It Big Hug

[LinuxMint-4]

(I found this interesting piece about MSFT and Linux, so what does this (really) mean? So do we REALLY think MSFT wants to play nice? Maybe this means that MSFT really does recognize Linux for what it is, a competitor to Windows who's use is growing by leaps and bounds and MSFT cannot ignore, take over, buyout, control or extinguish )
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Microsoft Stops Fighting Linux, And Tries To Give It A Big Bear Hug Instead

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/29...r-hug-instead/


"And today, it is announcing the beta of new data center management tools that—gasp!—recognize that some companies might be running something other than Windows on their servers. Now it will support two flavors of Linux (Red Hat and SUSE) and two flavors of Unix (HP-UX and Sun Solaris), all from one management console. The name of the software is System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross Platform Extensions."

"What Microsoft is signaling here is a new tactic in the war against Linux, which it realizes is not going anywhere. So if Microsoft can’t beat Linux, it will try to smother it with love by offering a way for IT folks to manage and control all of their servers using Microsoft software. But it is a little late to the game. HP’s Openview, Tivoli, and BMC already offer such capabilities. Microsoft can still make inroads, though, by competing on price and ease of use."

[eddie]

Now MS is getting into linux management. Considering how well their own products work, it scares the heck out of me.
http://feeds.theinquirer.net/c/554/f/71 ... tory01.htm

[reine]

never trust a (money) junkie!, and, btw, you know these kind of hugs where you looses breath and die?!. Reine.