Comments on: Microsoft gives Linux a virtual hug

New partnership should ensure that its next-generation virtualization technology will work well with open-source Xen.

[dragonbite]

Group Hug

Yeah, Microsoft wants to give a hug because it's easier to hold you down, reach around and stab you in the back if you "hug" them.

[alucinor]

Validates open source?

Even the most diehard Microsoft apologist will have to admit that this is a validation of open source as being able to produce quality software.

[Tanjore]

Opensource validates itself

It is saying, well if you want to use linux on a machine on windows server using windows virtualization software then we are fine!! =>

1) Anyway you have to buy windows server to run linux!!!

2) They can go to customer and say, 'you know what you can run linux too with our server and so you are not necessarily tied to u' - GOOD bait!!

I think it is more like lets join em. We don't want to beat em

[rmiecznik]

MS and Open Source

I remeber that any who used to meet with Gates, if they were smart, they would keep their mouth shut, because Bill Gates quoted him self saying, that he will probably use any info. you freely provided him, against you later or basically stab you in the back.

MS still largely operates like this today, with this kind of a mentality.

What do you expect from a *** :- )

[technewsjunkie]

Embrace and extend?

What's going on here?

[jabbotts]

your software is a planned feature in our next server OS; how do you do it?

If it's not join the lesser to defeat the greater virtualization provider then perhaps the strategy is closer to:

"Your software is a planned feature in our next OS release. We'd like to learn how you develop it so that we can better keep future WinServer Admin from having to make the hard decision of turning away from our caring embrace."

Hehe.. it's got to the point now where I'm just watching out of pure entertainment. It's like observing a room full of people watching CNN and and thinking it's real news.

[Llib Setag]

Keep your Open Source friends close...

and your Penquin enemies closer.

"Group hug everybody!" said the 500 pound gorilla.

EU + DOJ are watching MS under a microscope recently & it's time for a "friendly PR photo-op moment" from Redmond One.

Microsoft...where do you want to go today?

[WJeansonne]

That's has to be the funniest post I've read to date on CNET!

LOL! It really is orginal!! Kudos dude.

[Penguinisto]

So I can run Windows atop Linux, right?

...guess not in this case :/

Seriously - If I'm going to do a virtual solution, I'd rather run a tight, stable, and secure OS [i]underneath[/i] the guest OSes... and not a bloated, insecure one.

I also suspect that running Linux atop Windows would be rather slower than just running Xen in Linux with Linux operating systems.

I guess it just make much sense to me to run Linux atop Windows (even virtually) in any sort of enterprise environment.

[Tanjore]

I believe xen already does that!!

Xen will be able to run windows unmodified with new chips from Intel and AMD that support virtualization.

Microsoft is working with xensource to run in Microsoft space without modifying linux!!!

This should be a good thing for linux. Ofcourse there are always people who suspect Microsoft.

[freq]

check out the gtk windows port..

write less.. run more..