Microsoft Appoints Linux Interoperability Chief

[HardOCP News]

If you are going to appoint someone to the position of Linux “interoperability chief” at Microsoft, Tom Hanrahan, former director of engineering at the Linux Foundation is about as good as it gets.

Tom Hanrahan, former director of engineering at the Linux Foundation--which was formed by the merger of the Open Source Development Labs and the Free Standards Group--will head up the Interoperability Lab and take the job title of director of Linux interoperability. Hanrahan is a Linux veteran, having overseen a large team of kernel developers in a former role at IBM's Linux Technology Center.

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[megalodon]

I'm not a Linux fan, but what this Tom Hanrahan did strikes me as a sell-out against the entire principal of Linux in the first place.

The only problem is just....I really can't care.

 

[Deleted member 96510]

Not a sellout move at all. If Linux is going to be brought to the forefront, it needs to be integrated into the Microsoft dominated landscape. I think this is a big step forward for the Linux movement. He's not selling out, he's paving the way.