The Mass Technology Leadership Council Open Source Cluster had a meeting this morning where representatives from Microsoft and Novell discussed the agreement they made almost 11 months ago. The panel was moderated by John Palfrey of the Berkman Center, and included people who worked on the deal. I recorded it and it’s available as a podcast.
A few of the highlights that I recall: This was done because customers told Microsoft that they expect Microsoft to reach out and have a bridge to Open Source Software (at 9:50), the Mono project’s Silverlight Linux port called Moonlight is “endorsed” by Microsoft (22:20), Suse Linux sales are up 243% (34:00), and this deal got Linux into Walmart’s IT department (57:50).
To listen to the 1 hour and 33 minute recording, go to “Microsoft & Novell: Building Bridges” on the MTLC OSS Cluster podcast page.
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