This document discusses Microsoft's increasing collaboration with open source software. It notes that the number of open source applications on Windows grew by over 400% in a single year. It also discusses how Microsoft supports Linux, including allowing it to run as a virtual guest on Windows Server Hyper-V. Microsoft's Open Solutions Group works with partners and communities on unified solutions for mixed-source environments. The document outlines Microsoft's alliance with SUSE, citing benefits for customers like choice, interoperability, and openness across platforms. It discusses extending Microsoft's private cloud to also support the public cloud while maintaining consistency for Windows and Linux environments.

1. Collaborating with Open Source in the Cloud era
Frederic Aatz
Open Software Initiative
Microsoft France
Alfonso Castro
Open Solutions Group
Microsoft Corp.

2. http://www.microsoft.com/openness
Play well Listen to Open in
with others customers the Cloud

3. Microsoft + Open Source
Momentum
In a single year, OSS apps on Windows
grew by more than 400%
Microsoft
WebMatrix
350,000
+
80,000
2009 2010
• 28,000 Open
23 of the top
25 most
downloaded
23/25
Source
projects
OSS projects
run on
>1M
• 300,000+ Windows downloads
registered
users
Source: Geeknet

4. Microsoft + Linux
• Linux runs as a frst-class guest on
Windows Server Hyper-V
• Develop apps for both Linux and
Windows (CoApp)
“Microsoft is playing quite
• Supported on Windows Azure Virtual nicely with Linux and
Machines (CentOS, openSUSE,
SUSE, Ubuntu) other open source tools. “
-Robert McMillan, Wired Enterprise

5. Mark Shuttleworth, Canonical –
June 7 th 2012
““Microsoft has built an impressive new entrant to the
Infrastructure-as-a-Service market, and Ubuntu is there for
customers who want to run workloads on Azure that are best suited
to Linux.”
“The team leading Azure has a sophisticated understanding of
Ubuntu and Linux in general.”

6. Open Source groups at Microsoft
Open Software Initiative
Open Product Open Open
Technologie Groups Source Solutions
s (Azure, SQL Technology Group
Server, etc.) Center
Communities Technology Code Business
contribution

7. Open Solutions Group
Focus and Customers
Works on behalf of customers with partners, competitors, and
communities in the open-source space to develop unified
solutions for mixed-source environments
OUR FOCUS Subset of 900+ Customers Worldwide
MIXED-SOURCE DATA CENTERS
VIRTUALIZATION of Linux on Hyper-V
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT of Linux
Support for LINUX OPERATING SYSTEM
Windows and Linux HIGH PERFORMANCE
COMPUTING SOLUTIONS
PRIVATE CLOUD and PUBLIC CLOUD
+
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8. Why Microsoft and SUSE
Alliance?
CHOICE INTEROPERABILITY OPENNESS
DOING TOGETHER WHAT NO
CUSTOMERS COME FIRST SINGLE VENDOR CAN DO MOVING IT FORWARD, YOUR WAY
ALONE
§ Investments maximized for § Collaboration from data § Consolidation,
better economics center to cloud simplification, and better
management for your mixed
§ Best of both Linux and § Unified solutions replace
environment
Windows® technology silos
§ Processes and protocols that
§ Emphasis on innovation § First-class support for mixed
work across cloud
environments infrastructure
§ Deep monitoring of mixed-
source applications
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9. Extending Microsoft’s Private Cloud
By fully supporting the Windows and Linux environment
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10. Adding the Public Cloud dimension
Keeping consistency across the Windows and Linux environment
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11. Collaboration Summary
Why Microsoft and SUSE Alliance?
FAR REACHING
COLLABORATION
Full set of cross-platform offerings
CUSTOMERS WIN GLOBAL PRESENCE COST SAVINGS
Customers gain the More than Building on a base
BEST 30
of 5+ years
continuing a
customer-focused
of both worlds COUNTRIES
partnership where
customers
WORLDWIDE CUSTOMERS IMPROVING LINUX TOGETHER
saved 100s of
MILLIONS of
800+
and counting…
Microsoft® and SUSE among the
TOP 20 DOLLARS
code contributors
to Linux 3.0 kernel
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