05.23.07
Microsoft Collaborates with Linux Company on Security
While Novell gets cozy(ier) with Zenoss, which is considered an Open Source company, Microsoft flirts (even collaborates) with a Linux company. Therein lies an absurdity and a conflict:
Patent claims against Linux notwithstanding, Microsoft is working with a startup to ensure a key security initiative includes support for the open-source operating system on client computers.
This time, for a change, it is not a divide and conquer attempt. It is, however, supposed to give a boost to Microsoft’s own business agenda, which requires compatibility with a platform whose existence rights it does not honour.
gpl1 said,
May 24, 2007 at 12:03 am
Network Access Protection = part of Trusted Computing
Remote attestation, etc. I remember hearing a bit about it earlier this year.
I’m guessing Avenda’s code will be proprietary also, unless I’m missing it in the article.