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Roblimo
on Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:25 AM
from the we-love-open-source-but-hide-it-well dept.
from the we-love-open-source-but-hide-it-well dept.
Microsoft Linux Lab Manager Bill Hilf has been mentioned on Slashdot before, not to mention (as you might expect) on Microsoft Watch. His latest high profile coworker, Daniel Robbins, has also gotten a bit of Slashdot attention. Got any questions for Bill he hasn't already answered elsewhere? Post them below (one per post, please). We'll send him 10 - 12 of the highest-moderated ones and post his answers next Monday.
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Slashdot as PR outlet for Microsoft. (Score:2, Interesting)
A lot of misconception and lies are hear as well (Score:4, Insightful)
A lot of what is rated insightful/informative here sometimes leaves a lot to be desired. It can be hard to distinquish between agenda and fact.
I would love to see even more of these interviews. Finally you can elect to not see these on
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Re:Slashdot as PR outlet for Microsoft. (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Slashdot as PR outlet for Microsoft. (Score:3, Informative)
Some of us actually work in the industry, set up and manage servers, deploy desktops, write code, make recommendations, etc. - its' not ALL about downloading as much pr0n as possible ...
Last I looked, it was Microsoft that was the poser, with bullshit announcements lik
Re:Slashdot as PR outlet for Microsoft. (Score:3, Funny)
Start with the obvious (Score:3, Interesting)
Simple question (Score:2)
Open Standards (Score:5, Interesting)
I suppose more generally: In your testing is it solely relegated to Linux in the Server role, or do you address End-User issues as well
what footware? (Score:5, Funny)
I'd like to step aside from all the hardware and software questions people are going to throw at you and focus on a more tangible topic: footware. When someone like yourselves accept a job stomping on baby ducks all day, do you invest in new boots, or do you just come to work in whatever old shoes you have in your closet?
Appreciatively,
Seth
Re:what footware? (Score:3, Insightful)
So, ha! I counter your unfunny pedantry with my own!
Penguin Aid? (Score:5, Interesting)
My question is this: if you find a security vulnerability in linux, do you inform the linux community about it?
Yes, we immediately publish Linux vulnerabilities (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, we immediately publish Linux vulnerabilities in our marketting literature and immediately distribute this literature widely to IT decision makers and other professionals.
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Here's mine.. (Score:2)
Plans (Score:5, Interesting)
I just went through integrating a linux server on the Windows 2003 Active Directory network here, and though it took some commandline work and messing with pam.d and samba, it wasn't actually that hard to get it joined up to the domain. Now everyone who has a login and password can login locally, as well as via SSH/sftp and jabber.
I'm glad that Microsoft is letting linux/unix machines integrate at least somewhat, but it would please me to no end to see Microsoft extending their existing Unix services for Windows servers. I know that unix services exist for Windows servers, but we just haven't needed to install them yet (no need for LDAP at this point).
P.S. I hope they keep you around for a while!
Re:Plans (Score:4, Funny)
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Marching Orders... (Score:4, Interesting)
Can Microsoft Ever Give Us Free As In Freedom? (Score:5, Interesting)
Stranger in a strage land (Score:4, Insightful)
Respecting Linux's nitch (Score:3, Interesting)
Why doesn't Microsoft release Microsoft Linux? (Score:3, Funny)
One of the primary reasons Linux is somewhat inferior to commerical offierings when considered as a general-purpose dektop operating system is that there is a lack of a single guiding human interface standard for the various groups to work toward. Companies such as Apple Computer and Microsoft have invested large amounts of money in human interface studies, and although much of this information has been made readily accessible to the public, it would appear that very little of that information has been put to good use by F/OSS developers.
With Apple using the BSD branch of software as it's operating system core, do you see a future for a Microsoft-branded Linux distribution, using a Microsoft-developed HCI design?
Though there is a large amount of enmity in the F/OSS community toward Microsoft, it cannot be denied that Microsoft's development methods are demonstrably capable of producing quality software. Could Microsoft serve as a catalyst for consolidation within the community, while remaining true to the F/OSS philosophy? Could such a strategy be profitable for Microsoft?
Samba (Score:4, Funny)
(Shameless, I know...)
Execs trying Linux? (Score:5, Interesting)
I think it would be interesting to hear the opinions of people at Microsoft who actually have tried Linux (with KDE, OpenOffice, Firefox, etc.), versus the standard "Linux is evil" public relations line.
Windows Services for Unix (Score:4, Interesting)
Beat em or Join em? (Score:3, Insightful)
All of them have their +'s and -'s, but one of my biggest gripes about Microsoft is that instead of trying to leverage OSS, they continually try to crush or marginalize it. Over time I find myself less and less likely to consider a Microsoft solution because I know that over time Microsoft will try and make that solution less interoperable with all of my other solutions.
Microsoft would sell more software to me if I could be sure that they are NOT going to try and lock out all of my other platforms going forward.
Given your current position, does it look as if Microsoft will continue to try and marginalize OSS, or will they do an about face and work to try and ensure ongoing interoperability?
what does microsoft have to offer me? (Score:5, Interesting)
Why would I ever consider, let alone recomend, a Microsoft product?