I have been saying the following for sometime now: At some point, MS is going to have to come to grips with Linux in the world. Judging from recent events, it looks like this is beginning to happen.

Linux is an enterprise player, and customer demand will force Microsoft to make its products interoperate with Linux, says Stuart Cohen, CEO of Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), an organization that fosters the development and adoption of Linux.

OSDL recently rejected Microsoft’s request for an independent study comparing Linux to Windows. Cohen believes Linux technology is much better than Windows, but he and others at OSDL believe that Linux-Windows interoperability, rather than war with Microsoft, is the way to go.

“Linux is legally sound, provides bottom-line business value and technical superiority,” Cohen said, in an interview with SearchEnterpriseLinux.com. He also talked about the new technologies coming in the new release of the Linux 2.6 kernel, virtualization and Linux, and the worldwide rapid rate of adoption of Linux 2.6. [Read the rest]