OSDL CEO expects Microsoft to port apps to Linux, Feb 09, 2004

In a phone interview Friday, Open Source Development Labs (OSDL) CEO Stu Cohen said, "As Linux continues to grow, Microsoft will port some of their applications to run on Linux." There has been speculation about this for years, and this is still speculation, but Cohen is head of an organization that says it is "increasingly being recognized as the center-of-gravity for the Linux industry," and is rapidly proving himself at least as effective a Linux marketer as the freckle-faced boy in IBM's Linux ads, so his speculations carry more weight than most.

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