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When Microsoft Went A-Courting
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**Open-sourcing .Net "doesn't have a thing to do with Linux -- it has to do with SaaS and having a CEO that isn't a whackadoo living in the 90s," said SoylentNews blogger hairyfeet. "Nadella is smart and realizes the value of a programming language is not patents or OS exclusivity but in services and support for the language. ... The more platforms the language can be used on, the better."**
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Fans of free and open source software perhaps may be excused if they've felt a bit confused over the past few days. Dizziness, headaches and vertigo also have been common.
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What strange new ailment is this, you might ask?
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Well, it's no ailment, Linux Girl is glad to report. That, however, doesn't mean it's any simpler to remedy.
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The cause, it turns out, is none other than the news that Microsoft is open sourcing .Net and also expanding it to run on Linux and Mac OS.
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Yes, you heard that right: Steve Ballmer once may have [called Linux a "cancer,"][1] but today Redmond has a newfound "[love" for Linux][2] that can't be contained!
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It's making Microsoft behave in strange new ways -- and it's also driving FOSS fans to the blogosphere's seedy Broken Windows Lounge in greater numbers than ever.
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Can tequila help make sense of it all? That's one of many questions now being investigated.
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### 'A Chance to Thrive' ###
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"This is big news, and somewhat overdue," Chris Travers, a [blogger][3] who works on the [LedgerSMB][4] project, told Linux Girl.
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"We live in a world where new programming languages which are open sourced thrive even without being backed by big businesses, and closed source programming languages only survive with help from big businesses," Travers said. "Bing closed source killed REBOL 2.x," for example.
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"This move has clearly been in the works for some time -- a large company like Microsoft does not open source something of this complexity overnight -- and I think to some extent Microsoft must have seen the writing on the wall when Sun open sourced the OpenJDK," he suggested.
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Meanwhile, "this gives languages like C# and F# a chance to thrive well beyond their current markets," Travers said.
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### 'I Still Don't Trust You' ###
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"I want to be the first to say, 'Thank you Microsoft!'" [Linux Rants][5] blogger Mike Stone began. "We really appreciate you open sourcing .Net and taking it cross platform. It's a step in the right direction!
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"I still don't trust you, though," he added.
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"I love that Microsoft is considering open source, but I have seen no movement towards the GPL," Stone told Linux Girl. "This strikes me as an opportunity to get their software on multiple platforms but tie the developers down to Microsoft."
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Moreover, there are no guarantees that Microsoft will keep .Net open source over the years, he pointed out.
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"That means that Microsoft could withdraw and leave all applications developed with the intention of being cross platform legally Windows-only," he warned. "I won't put any faith in Microsoft's commitment, and I'll always be looking for their sudden but inevitable betrayal."
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### 'Watch for Greeks Bearing Gifts' ###
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The move reeks of desperation, Google+ blogger Alessandro Ebersol suggested.
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"They arrived too late," Ebersol said. "Java already ate the best dishes, and while .Net was a Windows/Microsoft-only thing, Java was everywhere. Good luck trying to be adopted."
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Besides, "I would only believe it if it was GPL'ed to protect the creators of the code," he added. "A fragile MIT license can be overturned at anytime."
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In any case, "with all the hatred the company generated towards the FLOSS community, they burned the bridge beyond repair," Ebersol concluded. "The bottom line: Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes -- Watch carefully for Greeks bearing gifts..."
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### 'Like a Cat Loves Mice' ###
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Microsoft loves Linux "like a cat loves mice," blogger [Robert Pogson][6] quipped. "Sure, they will play with */Linux, but they are not our friends."
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What's happened is that the FOSS and Linux communities have defeated "all the barriers to entry that M$ placed in the way of competition since M$ first made a deal with IBM to supply an OS," Pogson said. "You bet M$ is trying desperately to 'make friends' with 'the enemy' now that their position is overrun.
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"It's all good," he added. "M$ can still cause a lot of trouble by spending $billions foolishly or they can become a normal business and compete on price/performance. That's not 'love' -- that's accepting reality."
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### Adapt or Die ###
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The problem for Microsoft is that "open source development packages are starting to get good enough for developers," offered consultant and [Slashdot][7] blogger Gerhard Mack.
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"At my last job, most of the programmers wanted Eclipse rather than Visual Studio, even though the client software was Windows-only, and I had a slowly increasing number move their development to Linux while using Windows for testing," Mack recalled.
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"Very few people want to be locked into just one platform, so more of the mindshare is moving away from single-platform languages," he added. "Microsoft must now choose between adapting or dying."
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### No Warm Fuzzies Here ###
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art of what's driving the move is also that "the various cloud implementations are very heavily Linux, and even on Microsoft's own Azure cloud, Linux is a strong presence," Google+ blogger Kevin O'Brien suggested.
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"Nadella has made it clear he is taking Microsoft in a cloud direction, so he almost has to do this to even stay in the game," O'Brien asserted.
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That said, however, "I don't expect Microsoft to be cuddly and nice -- they will do whatever they think is in their best corporate interest," he said.
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In fact, "it doesn't have a thing to do with Linux -- it has to do with SaaS and having a CEO that isn't a whackadoo living in the 90s," SoylentNews blogger hairyfeet told Linux Girl.
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"Nadella is smart and realizes the value of a programming language is not patents or OS exclusivity but in services and support for the language," hairyfeet explained. "With that in mind, the more platforms the language can be used on, the better, as that adds value to the language and will give you that many more you can sell services to."
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### The Fall of an Empire ###
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ll in all, if anything is clear, it's that "Micro$oft's empire is tumbling down," said Google+ blogger Gonzalo Velasco C.
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"I don't know or care about why they are lying and saying they love Linux," he added. "I just hope the GNU/Linux community is smarter than recently (cough, Systemd, cough) and refuses Micro$oft .Net and other infections. GNU/Linux must use only FLOSS tools."
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via: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/When-Microsoft-Went-A-Courting-81374.html
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作者：[Katherine Noyes][a]
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译者：[译者ID](https://github.com/译者ID)
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本文由 [LCTT](https://github.com/LCTT/TranslateProject) 原创翻译，[Linux中国](http://linux.cn/) 荣誉推出
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[a]:http://twitter.com/noyesk
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[1]:http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/35697.html
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[2]:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/20/microsoft_cloud_event/
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[3]:http://ledgersmbdev.blogspot.com/
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[4]:http://www.ledgersmb.org/
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[5]:http://linuxrants.com/
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[6]:http://mrpogson.com/
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[7]:http://slashdot.org/
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**开源.Net“这与Linux无关——它与SaaS相关，也和一位并不偏执和狂热的90后CEO相关，”SoylentNews博主hairyfeet道，“纳德拉很明智，而且意识到了编程语言的价值不在于专利或OS排他性，而在于服务和对语言的支持……越多的平台使用该语言，它就会越好。”**
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如果自由和开源软件迷们在过去的几天里感到有些许困惑的话，他们也许可能会被原谅的，头昏、头痛以及头晕也会显得司空见惯了。
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你或许会问，这又是什么新的病症？
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好吧，Linux女孩很高兴告诉你，它不是什么病症。那个，然而它并不意味着它很容易治愈。
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原因无他，而是微软开源.Net并让它可以在Linux或Mac OS上运行的消息。
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是的，你没听错：史蒂夫·鲍尔默曾经可能[称Linux为“癌症”][1]，但今天雷蒙德有个新发现，曾经不被包容的[对Linux的“爱”][2]!
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它让微软表现出新的奇怪方式——它也驱使FOSS迷们聚拢到博客圈的破败的Broken Windows Lounge，数量更是空前。
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龙舌兰可以赋予它全部的意义么？这是现在众多调查的问题之一。
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### ‘繁荣的机遇’ ###
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“这是个重大的消息，虽然有点过时了，”克里斯·特拉弗斯，一位[博主][3]，他为[LedgerSMB][4]项目工作，告诉Linux女孩。
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“我们生活的世界中，即使没有大的商业公司支持，新的开源编程语言也很兴旺，而关闭的开源编程语言也仅仅在大的商业公司的帮助下摆脱了困境，”特拉弗斯说，“例如，Bing闭源杀死了REBOL 2.x。”
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“这项运动很明显酝酿已久——一家像微软这样庞大的公司没有突然开源这种复杂的东西——而我想，在某种程度上，微软一定看到了Sun开源OpenJDK时的不祥之兆了。”他暗示道。
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同时，“这也为诸如C#和F#这样的语言提供了比当前市场更为兴盛的机会，”特拉弗斯说。
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### ‘我仍然不相信你’ ###
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“我首先想说，‘谢谢你，微软！’”[Linux Rants][5]博主麦克·斯通开篇说，“我们真的很欣赏你开源.Net并推动它跨平台，这是迈向正确方向的一步！”
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“然而，我仍然不相信你。”他补充道。
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“我很喜欢微软在考虑开源，但是我没有见到它向GPL迈进，”斯通告诉Linux女孩，“这让我想到了这么个可能性，微软提供了多个平台的软件供你使用，但却会把开发者和它捆绑起来。”
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此外，微软不会作出任何保证，保证.Net常年开源，他指出。
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“这意味着微软可以退出，并让开发出来的应用程序成为跨平台的Windows专有软件，”他警告道，“我不会相信微软的承诺，我会翘首期盼微软他们的突然而无可避免的背叛。”
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### ‘留心不怀好意的礼物’ ###
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该运动明显带有失望的气息，Google+博主阿里桑德罗·埃伯索尔暗示道。
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“他们来得太晚了，”埃伯索尔说，“Java已经先下手为强了，当.Net还是Windows/Microsoft专有产品时，Java已经遍布四处了。试着让人采用，希望好运吧。”
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此外，“我只相信它被打上GPL烙印来保护代码创建者，”他补充道，“一个脆弱的MIT许可证任何时候都是逆天而行的。”
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无论如何，“在该公司产生的对FLOSS社区的全部的敌意下，他们会过河拆桥，”埃伯索尔总结道，“底线是：送礼的希腊人也很可畏——仔细留心希腊人不怀好意的礼物……”
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微软爱上Linux“就像猫爱上老鼠，”博主[罗伯特·伯格森][6]打趣道，“当然，他们会玩玩*/Linux，但是他们不是我们的朋友。”
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所发生的事情是，FOSS和LInux社区已经击溃了“MS自从和IBM达成提供OS的交易后放置在竞争道路入口上的所有障碍，”伯格森说，“MS肯定是在绝望地试着和‘敌人’‘做朋友’，因为它们的位置被侵占了。”
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“一切都会好的，”他补充道，“MS仍然可以通过愚蠢地花大量的金钱来制造麻烦，或者他们可以进行常规商业运作并在价格/性能上开展竞争。那不是‘爱’——那是接受现实。”
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### 适应或者灭亡 ###
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对于微软而言，问题在于“开源开发包对于开发者而言开始变得足够好用了，”参团顾问和[Slashdot][7]博主格哈德·麦克。
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“在我的最后一份职业中，大多数的程序员想要Eclipse，而不是Visual Studio，即使客户端软件是Windows专用的。用Windows做测试的开发者们迁移到Linux的数量在缓慢增长。”麦克回忆道。
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“很要有人想被锁进一个平台中，因此更多的精神占有率正在从单一平台语言中逃离，”他补充道，“微软现在必须在适应与灭亡中作出选择。”
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### 这里没有温暖的毛球 ###
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驱动此项运动的策略也在于“各种云大量地在Linux上部署，即便在微软自己的Azure云，Linux也被大量部署，”Google+博主凯文·奥布莱恩暗示道。
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“纳德拉清楚地指出，他正将微软向云方向推进，因为他几乎不得不如此，以期继续将游戏玩下去。”奥布莱恩坚信。
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那就是说，不管怎样，“我都不期待微软变得可爱又善意——他们将做所有他们认为能获得最佳公司利益的事情。”他说。
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事实上，“根本没Linux什么事——它只和SaaS相关，也和一位并不偏执和狂热的90后CEO相关，”SoylentNews博主hairyfeet告诉Linux女孩。
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“纳德拉很明智，而且意识到了编程语言的价值不在于专利或OS排他性，而在于服务和对语言的支持，”hairyfeet解释道，“考虑到这一点，越多的平台使用该语言，它就会越好，因为那会增加该语言的价值，并且为你的服务带来更多客户。”
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### 帝国的没落 ###
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总得来说，一切都很明了，那就是“微软帝国正在摇摇欲坠，”Google+博主贡萨洛·维拉斯科 C说。
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“我不知道，或者不关心他们为什么会说谎，说他们热爱Linux，”他补充道，“我只希望GNU/Linux社区变得比现今更聪明些（咳嗽，Systemd，咳嗽），拒绝微软.Net和其它产生影响的东西。GNU/Linux必须只用FLOSS工具。”
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via: http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/When-Microsoft-Went-A-Courting-81374.html
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作者：[Katherine Noyes][a]
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译者：[GOLinux](https://github.com/GOLinux)
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[a]:http://twitter.com/noyesk
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[1]:http://www.linuxinsider.com/perl/story/35697.html
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[2]:http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/10/20/microsoft_cloud_event/
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[3]:http://ledgersmbdev.blogspot.com/
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[4]:http://www.ledgersmb.org/
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[5]:http://linuxrants.com/
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[6]:http://mrpogson.com/
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[7]:http://slashdot.org/
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