"I would love to see all open source innovation happen on top of Windows."

--Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO

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Summary: Microsoft is reportedly still working on tying FOSS to Microsoft Windows

Microsoft loves to "embrace" projects that pose a threat to Microsoft because what better way to eliminate competition than to control and subvert it?

Although it may be too early to jump to any conclusions, The H suggests that Microsoft gets its claws on Node.js, a popular FOSS project:

Cloud9, makers of the Cloud9 IDE, have announced that they will be working with Microsoft to allow Node.js applications created in the Cloud9 IDE to be deployed to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform. The open source, event-driven, JavaScript-on-the-server Node.js platform was ported to Windows last year with the support of Microsoft.

Microsoft just wants everything to run on Windows, even if it's FOSS. This is something to keep an eye on. ⬆