[VIDEO] Former Microsoft Exec Embraces Linux for Networking Software | Internet News

[VIDEO] Former Microsoft Exec Embraces Linux for Networking Software

May 29, 2013
1 minute read

From the ‘Resistance is Futile’ files:

For more years than I care to count, I read statements and saw Microsoft server events where Bob Muglia declared why Microsoft’s server was so good.

Muglia no longer works for Microsoft (he moved to Juniper two years ago) and he no longer oversees a software portfolio that is based on Windows either.

Juniper, like nearly every other networking vendor on the planet — uses Linux.

So after two decade of being a Microsoft-guy, Muglia now oversees a software portfolio that relies on Linux.

Check out the video below for Muglia’s comments on Linux:

Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com. Follow him on Twitter @TechJournalist.

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