Microsoft, like Google, is working with several opensource platform providers. Because they're selling time on an IaaS. They don't have to pick winners when th

Microsoft, like Google, is working with several opensource platform providers. Because they're selling time on an IaaS. They don't have to pick winners when they present a fungible pool of resources. By way of analogy, BP and Shell don't care where their petrol gets burnt. Ford, GM, it's all the same to them. Disclosure: I work on such a platform, Cloud Foundry, on behalf of Pivotal. We have a close working relationship with both Microsoft and Google.