Microsoft Uses Open Source Project To Extend Management To Linux

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on May 4, 2008 9:12 AM EDT
InformationWeek; By J. Nicholas Hoover
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Management software is one category where Microsoft has never quite measured up to competitors. Redmond hopes to change that with an unlikely weapon: using code from the OpenPegasus project to extend its System Center suite to Linux and Unix environments. Cross-platform management is the No. 1 customer request for System Center, and using open source code to get there represents recognition by Microsoft that it's far from a Windows-only world. It's also a significant move in the company's bid to be seen as a legitimate top-tier choice for enterprise management.

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