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by panny 6 days ago
>OK, so this is important not because it comes from Microsoft.

No, it IS important because it comes from Microsoft.

>If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won. - Linus Torvalds

Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine this would happen. Microsoft spent a decade trying to kill Linux via SCO lawfare. Linux has won. Microsoft is completely and utterly defeated.

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Microsoft has already used Linux all over the place since Satya took over.

The time to be amazed was a decade ago.

> Microsoft is completely and utterly defeated.

All the way to the bank, apparently.

You can tell how much their commitment to open-source is not a facade by how early they contribute their own unique version of NTFS to Linus.