Microsoft: Open source is the source of innovation, but Linux cannot represent open source.

Article Title: Microsoft: Open source is the source of innovation, but Linux cannot represent open source. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Microsoft appreciates the innovations brought about by open source and will expand its participation in the open source community, said Robert Duner, head of platform strategy at Microsoft. he also said that open source is not just Linux, but linux should not be the representative of open source. robert Duner said that all open-source innovations are of great significance to Microsoft. Ray Ozzie, a software architect, also expressed appreciation for the open-source innovation spirit. Ray Ozzie also said Windows Azure, that is, Microsoft's cloud computing development platform is open to Eclipse and PHP developers. this shows Microsoft's attitude to a certain extent.

Three years ago, when Bill Hilf from IBM joined Microsoft, the company's open-source attitude was still fluctuating, sometimes indifferent, and sometimes open-sourced. However, today, this situation has changed: Microsoft is showing amazing changes, and it no longer treats open-source authorization and open-source community development as dangerous or evil enemies, instead, we are looking for a way of competition and coexistence.

The work around interoperability has been the best demonstrated in Microsoft's Open-Source Lab, which primarily tests Microsoft products in a variety of thought-provoking environments. The lab currently runs from 30 to 40 different Linux versions. In addition, Microsoft has made an open-source authorization attempt, which means that Microsoft already has a quasi-GPL authorization mode to provide IT administrators and developers with access to the source code of the evaluation. This helps enterprises fix internal applications, improve security protection and defensive capabilities, and ensure the interoperability of systems and software in their own environments.

Microsoft will not consider open-source Windows, but, as Bill Hilf describes, how to find a way to bind SharePoint to some open-source tools and projects that customers may like. The change in Microsoft's open-source attitude has something to do with the change of senior officials within Microsoft. Because of Microsoft's new internal leadership, including Bill Hilf, Ray Ozzie, chief software architect, and a group of program developers with the same interests, decisively abandoned Microsoft's previous hostility towards Source and other Software models, including Software as a Service (SaaS. For example, Ray Ozzie focuses on Microsoft's Live service, while Bill Hilf hosts the release of the CodePlex open source website, making it an occasion for Microsoft to provide source code sharing tools for programmers. In fact, Microsoft's CodePlex open source website is a bit similar to the SourceForge mode.