Microsoft is finally getting real about open-source software.



From ZDNet:

Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that "Microsoft loves Linux."

This wasn't a sudden change that only happened because Ballmer was finally shown the door. No, this change has been coming for years.

In 2008, Sam Ramji, then Microsoft's director of platform technology strategy, said "The Microsoft open-source strategy is focused on helping customers and partners be successful in today's heterogeneous technology world." In 2011, Microsoft saw that the cloud was going to be built largely on Linux and they were a top Linux contributor.

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