Microsoft will introduce software based on Linux system

By Seattle: | 10 Dec 2002

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Seattle: Microsoft will introduce a software based on the Linux open source operating system in 2004 for Web services and server software, market researcher Meta Group has predicted.

Microsoft, which denied that it had any plans to develop software for Linux, is facing a growing threat from the open source software standard as it gains share in the corporate server market used to manage networks and data.

Meta Group predicted that Linux will be used on nearly half of new servers by 2007, up from its current share of 15 to 20 per cent, making it difficult for Microsoft to ignore Linux as a platform for its database, web-hosting and email server applications.

“We believe that, beginning in late 2004, Microsoft and its partners will begin moving some of its proprietary application enablers to the Linux environment. This will gradually include the major Microsoft back-office products, such as SQL Server, IIS, and Exchange,” says META Group.

 

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