Microsoft steps up open source interoperability

Written on April 6, 2006 – 1:12 pm | by GoogleBot |

New website aims to improve dialogue with open source community

Microsoft has launched a website for its Linux and open source interoperability lab.

In a keynote at the LinuxWorld conference in Boston, Bill Hilf, Microsoft’s general manager for platform strategy, said that the site is aimed at improving the dialogue between Microsoft and open source developers.

“One of the most interesting things about open source is the feedback loop,” Hilf told delegates.

Hilf’s presentation marked the first time that Microsoft has delivered a keynote at LinuxWorld.

The site is called Port 25, after the network port on computer systems that lets through email traffic.

Full article: vnunet.com

Post a Comment

Comment spam protected by SpamBam

About this site

Welcome to Techbeta. Techbeta is a site focussed on tech news, and freeware/open source software for Windows, Mac OS X, Pocket PC and Linux. More

Want to subscribe?

 Subscribe in a reader Or, subscribe via email:
Enter your email address:  
Find entries :