Re: Red Hat and Microsoft: Will Red Hat do it right?
I believe RedHat has been a model company, with it's contributions to Linux and interaction with the community.
I don't think there will be a deal between MS and Redhat:
Red Hat demands open standards in Microsoft deal
"Interoperability done on closed APIs isn't interoperability," Cormier said. "We'll never do interoperability based on closed APIs."
http://www.computing.co.uk/vnunet/ne...mits-microsoft
I don't think MS will concede on this point. Open doesn't work for their way of doing business. They need to use the Windows platform as leverage. If however they did change their tune, i'd respect them more too (no place to go but up honestly )
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