Technology is getting better, as partnership across different platforms continues. Microsoft just joined Linux Foundation and will be a Platinum member alongside with other tech giants in the open source development.
Microsoft is not open before with an open source development with other tech-giants most especially with Linux. Since the technology continues to progress, Microsoft has found its way to fall in love with Linux operating system for an open development.
According to PC World, Microsoft officially announced its partnership with Linux last Wednesday by joining the Linux Foundation. The Linux Foundation is a non-profit organization where tech companies do a collaboration with its technologies to develop the Linux operating system.
Being a top-level Platinum member of Linux Foundation, Microsoft has to annually pay $500,000 to have a seat in Linux Foundation's board of directors. Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, IBM, NEC, Oracle, Qualcomm, and Samsung are among the other Platinum members of the Linux Foundation. Google is the sole gold member of the foundation which contributes $100,000 annually.
Recently, Microsoft launched the public beta of SQL Server running on Linux which was announced last March. SQL Server is designed to help developers and organizations in building applications with industry leading performance and security technologies with their preferred language and environment. With this open development, developers can create applications using SQL Server on Linux and run it on Windows, Linux, Docker, and in the cloud.
Aside from Microsoft - Linux partnership, Microsoft also joined forces with Google and Samsung, which was announced during the Connect Conference 2016. Executive vice president of Microsoft Cloud and Enterprise Scott Guthrie said that tech companies now are embracing open development which in turn gives a positive output to better customer experience, Linux Insider reported.
Meanwhile, critics of Microsoft's strategy in the open source development agreed that this is a good move. The recognition of Microsoft to the importance of Linux technology only shows the importance of software or application to be developed in a way that it can run across multiple platforms.
