Microsoft will introduce software based on Linux system
By Seattle: | 10 Dec 2002
Microsoft, which denied that it had any plans to develop software for Linux, is facing a growing threat from the open source software standard as it gains share in the corporate server market used to manage networks and data.
Meta
Group predicted that Linux will be used on nearly half
of new servers by 2007, up from its current share of 15
to 20 per cent, making it difficult for Microsoft to ignore
Linux as a platform for its database, web-hosting and
email server applications.
“We
believe that, beginning in late 2004, Microsoft and its
partners will begin moving some of its proprietary application
enablers to the Linux environment. This will gradually
include the major Microsoft back-office products, such
as SQL Server, IIS, and Exchange,” says META Group.