Microsoft’s Linux Guru Woos Coders with Freebies:
As Microsoft continues to try and convince its enterprise customers and the open-software community that it is committed to interoperability and working with them, Bill Hilf, its director of platform technology, gave a session at the annual LinuxWorld Conference & Expo that provided a look into the Linux/Open Source Software Lab at Microsoft’s Redmond campus.
Looks like a mix of competitive assessment and interoperability testing.
Update (8/15): Much more on Bill Hilf from Todd Bishop.