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Microsoft asks to join private Linux security developer list

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ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
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Video: Microsoft's migration from Linux enemy to Linux friend continues in security circles.

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Where Microsoft is concerned, I am always doubtful of their motives. Can the leopard change its shorts ? What does everyone else think ?
I predicted they would try their EEE strategy with Linux via patents and other manipulative behavior. But, I never thought the Linux Foundation would become their partner in achieving this.
Two words that should never be used together in the same sentence:

"Microsoft" and "trust"
Unless they're also paired with a form of "bankrupt" in the same clause:

"The Microsoft Trust filed for bankruptcy yesterday..."
I trust Microsoft as far as I can throw them..wait I take that back, I can throw them farther than I trust them. ;-)
Minix --> Linux --> Minux : I guess it'll be the pet name of Microsoft Linux; We'll be so nostalgic : Ah, in the good old days, there was Linux, but... money rules !
> I guess it'll be the pet name of Microsoft Linux;

I wonder if they still have any rights to Xenix... https://infogalactic.com/info/Xenix
And anytime you might feel the need to give Microsoft the benefit of a doubt, they pull something like this: https://gizmodo.com/ebooks-purchased-from-microsoft-will-be-...

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