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Software giant Microsoft is not intent on competing with the open source community and is in fact is seeking further tie-ups with it, an executive at the ompany has said.
Earlier this month, a long-running dispute between Microsoft, and Novell, which is responsible for the Linux open source system, was settled.
It enabled Microsoft's Windows operating system to work better with Linux.
Bill Health, general manager of platform strategy at Microsoft and that man who rrns open source strategy across Microsoft, told BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme that, while Microsoft competes with commercial products based on open-source, "we do not compete with the open-source community".
Earlier this month, a long-running dispute between Microsoft, and Novell, which is responsible for the Linux open source system, was settled.
It enabled Microsoft's Windows operating system to work better with Linux.
Bill Health, general manager of platform strategy at Microsoft and that man who rrns open source strategy across Microsoft, told BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme that, while Microsoft competes with commercial products based on open-source, "we do not compete with the open-source community".