[oclug] News link: Well now, that's kind of interesting.

[Bill Strosberg]

Rod Giffin wrote:

>http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3499286
>
>According to the above article, Microsoft is planning to support Linux on
>it's upcoming service release of Virtual Server 2005 (i.e. SP1).  The
>support appears to be beta support, which probably means don't call us if
>you can't figure it out.
>
>That's a pretty far throw from their marketing position that Linux is
>"communist" and the GPL is "viral", don't you think?
>
>Rod.
>
>  
>
IIRC Microsoft bought Connectix two years ago who already supported
Linux as a virtual platform.  This appears to be a re-release of an
existing technology without removing Linux, rather than a move towards it. 

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Bill Strosberg