Microsoft, Red Hat and Azure

Microsoft and Red Hat have entered into an agreement in the cloud space.  Red Hat will now be an option for Linux customers in the Azure platform.  It looks like the war is on hold for now.

Microsoft just buried the hatchet with another huge and bitter rival, Red Hat

Microsoft and Red Hat struck up a major new partnership on Wednesday. They’re giving Red Hat’s Linux operating system a starring role on Microsoft’s cloud computing service, Azure. Linux is a free and open source competitor to Windows offered by a number of players, with Red Hat being the biggest.