Microsoft... YES, Microsoft is expected to launch a new Web site for users to find information about its Linux and open-source interoperability efforts.  This announcement, from Bill Hilf (Microsoft's general manager of platform strategy) is going to take place at LinuxWorld.  What better place!

The site, http://port25.technet.com, is expected to go live today, April 06, 2006. 

InfoWorld reports:

The aim of the new Web site is to make Microsoft's efforts to ensure its proprietary systems interoperate with open-source software, including Linux, are transparent. The company also is encouraging advice about how to advance these goals, Hilf said.

"It's going to be the interface to all of the open-source lab work Microsoft does, where a variety of people blog -- including myself and others on my team," he said. "People in the community also can provide feedback and give us ideas for better interoperability."

Even the site's name reflects this notion of an open channel of communication, Hilf said. Port 25 is the server port that sends and receives e-mail on a server, thus facilitating two-way communication, he said.

Keep your eyes open for the Web site to go live.  And check out InfoWorld's article, here.