Microsoft is expected to launch a website today that
will share its Linux development work with companies interested in
combining their Microsoft systems with ones running on open source
software.
The new Port 25 website will be launched at the LinuxWorld
conference in the US. The site will offer information gleaned from
Microsoft’s 300-server Linux installation at its Redmond
headquarters.
Microsoft primarily uses this installation to complete
competitive analysis work between Microsoft products and Linux
ones, although it realises that many of its customers are
tentatively walking down the Linux path.
It wants to demonstrate that its products are not designed to
keep Linux out of the enterprise. The website will be the avenue
for customers to get advice about incorporating Linux into their
systems.
The site will also carry Linux development blogs from Microsoft
employees and video interviews.
Port 25 is the router port number that firms use to handle
internet e-mail.