Can the Redmond leopard change its spots?
MS-Watch | at | by Mike
Microsoft execs claim to want to change the terms of the Linux vs. Windows debate. But do they really - and, more importantly - can they? We've come a long way from the days when top Microsoft brass called Linux "un-American" and a "cancer." Or have we?
Microsoft's new point man on Linux, Martin Taylor, is making the rounds this week, informing folks that Microsoft is done with helping to fuel the never-ending Linux vs. Windows religious wars. Instead, Microsoft wants to focus on "facts," Taylor says, such as data provided by third-party studies (some of which will be funded unabashedly by Microsoft) designed to help customers evaluate open-source vs. Microsoft software.