http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/ Engadget Comments for Microsoft briefy ignores beef with Linux, signs IP deal with Xandros http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 4:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 4:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/ It's not so far fetched or surprising. You can currently use a Xandros server as a Domain controller in an active directory environment (good for fault tolerance, virus proofing your domain). I'm guessing they had to come to an understanding with MS before they did that. Sounds like they're just expanding pre-existing cooperative efforts...]]>Jun 4th 2007 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 4:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/
"remember kids, never form a "partnership" with Microsoft" -Ivand

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!! :D]]>Jun 4th 2007 5:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 5:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/
Sure, they're burying the hatchet--in Xandros's back.]]>Jun 4th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/
Anyway, I'll believe MS is accepting free/open source when they start working with Debian/Ubuntu and Red Hat/Fedora.
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Microsoft is trying to 'buy' Linux out of the market.

"if you can't beat them out, breed them out." - King Edward I of Longshanks]]>Jun 4th 2007 6:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/Jun 4th 2007 8:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/04/microsoft-briefy-ignores-beef-with-linux-signs-ip-deal-with-xan/
They're loosing the business desktop.

Sure, lots of companies still use Win2000 or WinXP. But Vista is a bad business move that no is moving to.

As a result companies are now considering using a GNU/Linux system on there desktops, they save money on the software and hardware.

If I remember correctly Xandros has a pretty decent desktop that's made to give a familiar feel to Windows and works nicely in a small business or home environment.

If Microsoft will probably do a lot for the FOSS community promoting the GNU/Linux desktop environment, but at the same time make back that profit they're loosing for it not being there system on the desktops.

I hate Microsoft, my father hates Microsoft, my late Grandfather hated Microsoft (MS-DOS), but they aren't out to get rid of Linux (yet), just take advantage and milk it until it's nothing more than a few hippies like myself protesting closed source code.]]>Jun 5th 2007 1:16AM