MS Embraces Elephant of Open Source (Hadoop)

http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/10/microsoft-and-hadoop/

by FrancescoRizzi • 15 years ago

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jcromartie• 15 years ago

The article doesn't mention one of the most interesting aspects: Hadoop is Java.

It seems like Microsoft has had a policy of not touching Java with a ten foot pole for some time now. At least, since .NET came out, they've been pretty proactively anti-Java.

burgerbrain2• 15 years ago

Probably has something to do with this:

"Sun Microsystems, the creator of Java, sued Microsoft in October 1997 for incompletely implementing the Java 1.1 standard.[2] It was also named in the United States v. Microsoft antitrust civil actions, as an implementation of Microsoft's Embrace, extend and extinguish strategy. In 2001, Microsoft settled the lawsuit with Sun and discontinued its Java implementation"

Glad to see they're acting more mature these days.

rbanffy6• 15 years ago

> Glad to see they're acting more mature these days.

They still intend to port Hadoop to Windows. There is little to prevent extending it.

jstclair• 15 years ago

I don't think Azure needs to run Java to succeed, but it certainly wouldn't hurt. And they've been pretty out-front with supporting Java for a while:

* Open source SDK for Java (and Eclipse): http://www.windowsazure4j.org/ * Gigaspace running their products on Azure: http://www.gigaspaces.com * More info (admittedly from a UK-based Azure consultant): http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/09/java_on_windows_azur...

To me, this sounds like a pragmatic continuation of their 'big data' plans on Azure -- gotta go after what the current user base is used to using -- and probably compliments their own Dryad project (http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/dryad/)

alperakgun• 15 years ago

I m still waiting for the microsoft linux distro.

mariuz• 15 years ago

That is officially called suse http://blogs.computerworld.com/17416/who_really_bought_novel... if you want to buy "protection"

naner• 15 years ago

The company is now working to port the Hadoop platform to Windows — it was built for use atop Linux — and Doug Leland, general manager of product management for SQL Server, told Wired that the company plans to eventually release its work back to the open source community.

Haha, some things never change. A code dump of major changes developed in isolation. I'm sure the Hadoop commuity will love that.

vinodkd• 15 years ago

but what about dryad?

ArturoVM• 15 years ago

It's really great to see Microsoft moving on to embracing change, first WP7 and now this. A tendency and a positive attitude towards evolving the company is noticable.

MS Embraces Elephant of Open Source (Hadoop)

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