Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager

brandx · 06-08-2007

Interesting..

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Microsoft has hired a leading Linux engineering manager out of the den of one of its fiercest opponents, the San Francisco-based Linux Foundation.
Development veteran Tom Hanrahan, former director of engineering for the Open Source Development Labs and current director of engineering for the Linux Foundation, will be the new head of Microsoft's interoperability lab, one of the offspring of its deal with Novell last November.

The Linux Foundation is the group that was formed from the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group. The Linux Foundation has warned Microsoft publicly against attempting to enforce its patents against Linux users, a response to Microsoft's warnings on the heels of its Novell deal that it believes Linux violates some of its patents.

Hanrahan was previously senior program manager of IBM's Linux Technology Center in Beaverton, Ore., then joined the Open Source Development Labs in Beaverton at the end of September 2004.

Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager -- Microsoft -- InformationWeek

UbuntuniX · 06-08-2007

This is clearly a plan to dismantle open source and Linux.

Alliance · 06-09-2007

Not necessarily. Although that can seem frightening.
I think Microsoft's starting to realize that the real money is in the software, now. They can't convert Linux users.
So, if you can't beat them, join them.
That's how I think it is.

metallicamaster3 · 06-09-2007

Microsoft is pathetic. They should quit trying to put everyone else down for their own monopoly and get into making good software. They spend too much time trying to destroy all other marketeers, and not enough time developing what they are trying to monopolize.

hessiess · 06-09-2007

microsoft make rubish and unstable softwere. why do thay whant everyone to use rubbish?

RKCole · 06-10-2007

I used to be a BIG Windows fanatic before I started messing iwth Linux. Now when I look at things, it just kind fo ticks me off. The accessibility software (screen magnifier, etc) for Windows (as I believe the company that makes it has a deal with M$ an d no other company), sells the product for nearly $600. If you install it on Windows but three times (no joke), your license si suspended.

Then I came to Linux and found a magnifier fo equal quality that did nto come with a price tag...

Anyway...I have no respect for Microsoft anymore...excuse my rudeness, but they just need to butt-out...

Patent infringement? 235 patents? And they don't seem to be saying "what" they are...(unless I'm behind in things)...Just irritates me...but I am glad to be using Linux.

Extreme Coder · 06-10-2007

Maybe they're hiring him so that he tests the level of FUD MS spreads?

kuja · 06-21-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by hessiess

microsoft make rubish and unstable softwere. why do thay whant everyone to use rubbish?

Because apparently hiring (and keeping) developers is rather expensive.

justifier · 06-21-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alliance

Not necessarily. Although that can seem frightening.
I think Microsoft's starting to realize that the real money is in the software, now. They can't convert Linux users.
So, if you can't beat them, join them.
That's how I think it is.

microsoft office on linux *hides*

i today had to use microsoft office and after using OOo for so long office is crap. just these little things you go to do and then realise you cant do. really annoying

(i was using powerpoint)

slightly OT but ahh well

i only have one gripe about OOo. its that it sometimes seems sluggish. especially impress. anyideas of alternatives for impress?

Extreme Coder · 06-22-2007

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i only have one gripe about OOo. its that it sometimes seems sluggish. especially impress. anyideas of alternatives for impress?

I doubt there are any similar to Powerpoint stuff available on Linux. There are other presentation software available, but they're not designed in the same way as Powerpoint.

simons-photography · 07-14-2007

like when windows nt was developed they hired a developer from another os so the new technology really was just pre proven things in other oses applied to windows how else would it still be wobbling around on crutches ? if it weren't for other os developers it seems ms would be long dead

06-08-2007	#2 (permalink)
UbuntuniX Stoner Hippie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 160	Re: Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager This is clearly a plan to dismantle open source and Linux.
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06-09-2007	#3 (permalink)
Alliance Be gentle, newcomer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Land of Cardboard Boxes Posts: 2	Re: Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager Not necessarily. Although that can seem frightening. I think Microsoft's starting to realize that the real money is in the software, now. They can't convert Linux users. So, if you can't beat them, join them. That's how I think it is.
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06-09-2007	#4 (permalink)
metallicamaster3 Ubuntu God Join Date: May 2007 Location: New York City, U.S. Posts: 185	Re: Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager Microsoft is pathetic. They should quit trying to put everyone else down for their own monopoly and get into making good software. They spend too much time trying to destroy all other marketeers, and not enough time developing what they are trying to monopolize.

06-09-2007	#5 (permalink)
hessiess open software rules!!!!!!!!!!! Join Date: May 2007 Location: chepstow-uk Posts: 162	Re: Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager microsoft make rubish and unstable softwere. why do thay whant everyone to use rubbish?
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06-10-2007	#6 (permalink)
RKCole Interested participant Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: California Posts: 28	Re: Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager I used to be a BIG Windows fanatic before I started messing iwth Linux. Now when I look at things, it just kind fo ticks me off. The accessibility software (screen magnifier, etc) for Windows (as I believe the company that makes it has a deal with M$ an d no other company), sells the product for nearly $600. If you install it on Windows but three times (no joke), your license si suspended. Then I came to Linux and found a magnifier fo equal quality that did nto come with a price tag... Anyway...I have no respect for Microsoft anymore...excuse my rudeness, but they just need to butt-out... Patent infringement? 235 patents? And they don't seem to be saying "what" they are...(unless I'm behind in things)...Just irritates me...but I am glad to be using Linux.
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06-10-2007	#7 (permalink)
Extreme Coder ^_^; Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo,Egypt Posts: 1,203	Re: Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager Maybe they're hiring him so that he tests the level of FUD MS spreads?

07-14-2007	#11 (permalink)
simons-photography Commentator Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 44	Re: Microsoft Hires Linux Foundation Engineering Manager like when windows nt was developed they hired a developer from another os so the new technology really was just pre proven things in other oses applied to windows how else would it still be wobbling around on crutches ? if it weren't for other os developers it seems ms would be long dead
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