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		dragonwriter on Jan 29, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft to invest in Cyanogen They've done it before, with Novell. (And, arguably, Nook.)

SixSigma on Jan 29, 2015 [–]

Microsoft released a version of Unix when Linus Torvalds was 11 years old.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenix

dragonwriter on Jan 29, 2015 | [–]

Sure, but releasing a commercial Unix is different than investing in a Linux company. The former is less inconsistent with popular anti-Linux perception of Microsoft than the latter.

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