Microsoft launches NXT to spur ISVs to Windows
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Microsoft has a formal new program to lure independent software vendors from Linux and Unix to Windows.
Launched Dec. 16 as a pilot program, the initiative is called NXT, with the tagline "What's next for ISVs." Microsoft is aiming the program at ISVs with existing non-Windows solutions that drive $5 million or more in revenues. Microsoft is offering incentives and resources to help those ISVs quickly port their applications from Unix or Linux to Windows or from competitive databases to SQL Server.