With friends like PeopleSoft, Microsoft might wonder why it needs enemies.
As expected, PeopleSoft Tuesday announced full-fledged support for Linux and the company's CEO unambiguously characterized that move as a way to break Microsoft's grip on the industry.
"Unix broke the dependency on IBM mainframes, and Linux will break the dependency on Microsoft," PeopleSoft CEO Craig Conway told a thousand or so customers and analysts at the company's Leadership Conference here.
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