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Microsoft joins the Linux Foundation, 15 years after Ballmer called it 'cancer'

Discussion in 'Microsoft News' started by Tom Warren, Nov 16, 2016.

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    Former Microsoft CEO might have labeled Linux "a cancer" 15 years ago, but things couldn't be any different this week. Microsoft, the software giant that has built its empire on closed-source proprietary software, is joining the Linux Foundation. 10 years ago that would have seemed unimaginable, but Microsoft has been steadily embracing open source recently, leading it to become the top organization with the most open source contributors on Github.

    As Ars Technica notes, Microsoft has been contributing to Linux for several years now, and Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation, welcomes the company joining the foundation. "Microsoft is better able to collaborate with the open source community to deliver transformative...

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