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12-11-2002, 03:58 AM
The growing popularity of Linux will force Microsoft to bring its software to the Unix clone starting in late 2004, a research firm predicted Monday in a study that Microsoft promptly disputed.
By 2006 or 2007, Linux will run on 45 percent of new servers, Meta Group predicted in a study released to clients on Monday. That popularity, Meta said, will lead Microsoft to offer Linux support for its server software, including its .Net foundations for next-generation Internet services, its Exchange e-mail and calendar software, its Internet Information Server for hosting complex Web sites and its SQL server database software.
The software titan, which has no love for Linux technology and its open-source philosophical underpinnings, quickly dashed cold water on the report.
"Microsoft will not be engineering server software expressly for Linux, and continues to make its strategic bets on the Windows platform," Peter Houston, senior director of Windows Server Strategies, said in a statement.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-976755.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/10/meta.linux.reut/index.html
By 2006 or 2007, Linux will run on 45 percent of new servers, Meta Group predicted in a study released to clients on Monday. That popularity, Meta said, will lead Microsoft to offer Linux support for its server software, including its .Net foundations for next-generation Internet services, its Exchange e-mail and calendar software, its Internet Information Server for hosting complex Web sites and its SQL server database software.
The software titan, which has no love for Linux technology and its open-source philosophical underpinnings, quickly dashed cold water on the report.
"Microsoft will not be engineering server software expressly for Linux, and continues to make its strategic bets on the Windows platform," Peter Houston, senior director of Windows Server Strategies, said in a statement.
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-976755.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/biztech/12/10/meta.linux.reut/index.html