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Video: Microsoft embraces Linux

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Published: 07 Nov 2006 11:37 GMT

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In a San Francisco press conference on 2 November, Ballmer announces Microsoft and Novell will co-operate on getting Suse Linux to work with Windows.

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When all is said, if Microsoft produce the best product people will buy it and thats a good thing. If people have to buy their product because no one else can produce an alternative, only because interoperability protocols are kept secret, then thats a bad thing.

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