http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2010/02/software-patents-here-again-amazon-paying-microsoft-for-use-of-linux/ Jouni Heikniemi's IT adventures Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:59:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2010/02/software-patents-here-again-amazon-paying-microsoft-for-use-of-linux/comment-page-1/#comment-23705 Heikniemi Hardcoded » Microsoft, Joomla, Hadoop – why are they even together? Tue, 04 May 2010 14:49:48 +0000 http://www.heikniemi.net/hardcoded/2010/02/software-patents-here-again-amazon-paying-microsoft-for-use-of-linux/#comment-23705 [...] This behooves Microsoft to form more horizontal partnerships and coexist with competing technologies. SharePoint may be a great commercial success, but it’s ridiculous to expect it to dominate the CMS market. Making tools like Joomla and Hadoop work on the Windows stack – be it on-premises or in the cloud – allows Microsoft to take a share of the money involved in these projects (without resorting to patent trickery). [...] [...] This behooves Microsoft to form more horizontal partnerships and coexist with competing technologies. SharePoint may be a great commercial success, but it’s ridiculous to expect it to dominate the CMS market. Making tools like Joomla and Hadoop work on the Windows stack – be it on-premises or in the cloud – allows Microsoft to take a share of the money involved in these projects (without resorting to patent trickery). [...]

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