Microsoft Wants to Make Peace with the Open Source Community

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Eric Anderson, Corporate Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at Microsoft, announced the decision onthe company’s blog. He said, “At Microsoft, we take it as a given that developers do not want a binary choice between Windows vs. Linux or .NET vs Java – they want cloud platforms to support all technologies. They want to deploy technologies at the edge – on any device – that meet customer needs. We also learned that collaborative development through the open source process can accelerate innovation.” Clearly, Microsoft understands the importance of better technology for the greater good and is ready and willing to work alongside their competition and share in the opportunities their Linux based products offer.

This move, as well as other efforts made by Microsoft, is part of a broader movement to steer the software industry away from legal action and costly patent protection lawsuits. Open source technologies have become important in the technology space and are now crucial for software system operations for companies across the board.