Microsoft's Linux Labors: A Signal of Defeat?

Such has been the joy in the Linux blogosphere over Red Hat's ascendance to the billion-dollar sphere that it's been difficult to imagine anything that could possibly top that excitement.
But guess what? A new report from the Linux Foundation recently offered news that many consider equally momentous -- and potentially just as encouraging for FOSS.

Source: http://www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/74808.html

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