Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation As A Platinum Member

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Microsoft Joins The Linux Foundation As A Platinum Member

Microsoft announced at their 2016 Connect event today they are joining the Linux Foundation...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Microsoft-Joins-Linux-F

[chuckula]

Y'all just got punk'd!

[gamerk2]

No "ITS HAPPENING!" gif yet; disappointing.

[edoantonioco]

meanwhile, they brought visual studio to mac but not to linux

[meekteef]

Hell also just froze over.

[kenjitamura]

Meanwhile at the Redmond Headquarters:

"Gentleman who can tell me how to best destroy an enemy? It's from inside!"

<Cue dramatic music>

[Passso]

Little money spent for big decision power. WP M$!

[edoantonioco]

Meanwhile at the Redmond Headquarters:

"Gentleman who can tell me how to best destroy an enemy? It's from inside!"

<Cue dramatic music>

Now is when they start developing features that work on WSL but not on bash on linux, so people will have no choice

[M@GOid]

Hell also just froze over.

Nope. That will happen when they have a native port of Office to Linux.

[cj.wijtmans]

Looks like its time for BSD.