Linux Gains Windows Muscle

Of all the accusations Microsoft has levelled over the years against open source, perhaps the least contentious is that it lacks the tight integration offered by Microsoft’s own products. As Nick McGrath, director of platform strategy for Microsoft in the United Kingdom, puts it: “One of the problems I’ve seen with open source software is it doesn’t take on board some of the issues that customers have around interoperability and integration. Open source projects tend to offer a very specific point solution.”