THE word "mole" may seem rather strong, but it's in the press release. The same people who have already infiltrated Canonical to a certain degree (to promote Microsoft Windows in the official Ubuntu blog) are now picking another sort of 'outpost', not even elaborating on the nature of the said collaboration.

"If Microsoft genuinely loved Linux, it would improve WINE."Those who are familiar with the antics and tactics of Whitewater Foundry would rightly be concerned. This is a move that's anything but exciting, except perhaps for Microsoft (if it hopes to more tightly control the WINE project through these people).

If Microsoft genuinely loved Linux, it would improve WINE. WSL is the very opposite of that -- it's about keeping people away from GNU/Linux and getting them stuck inside Vista 10 with all the back doors, the extensive surveillance, the DRM and so on. CodeWeavers basically sells proprietary software based on the Free software, which is WINE. Why would it wish to get closer to Whitewater Foundry? Time will tell, but it doesn't look good. This would not benefit GNU/Linux but Microsoft's war on GNU/Linux (it's about control, akin to what the deal with Novell sought to achieve) ⬆