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Linux fans will be delighted to hear that Microsoft has released twenty thousand lines of Linux code to the Linux community to facilitate better functionality and performance when running Linux on a virtual machine using Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 virtualization software.
The code will be offered under the GNU General Public License 2. Microsoft’s director of platform strategy in the Server and Tools organization, Sam Ramji, said in a statement that Microsoft is seeing Microsoft and Open Source communities grow together, which ultimately is of benefit to Microsoft customers. He went on to say that many Microsoft customers use Linux in tandem with their systems.
Analysts are of the opinion that this is a dramatic warming of the relationship between Microsoft and the Open Source community as there have been plenty of examples where Microsoft had quite vehemently attacked the Open Source community using even legal battles, some of which on-going at this time.
You may remember the claim by Microsoft that Open Source projects like Linux violate 235 of its patents. Ramji went on to point out the current economic climate helping ease sentiments from Redmond. He says many companies are turning to Microsoft more frequently to help them succeed in a heterogeneous technology world because Microsoft understands that reducing complexity is a key factor to reducing cost. Microsoft sees interoperability as a lever for business growth.
The Linux community seems to be taking this positively. The Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin, says that Microsoft’s effort is a validation of Open Source.
The code will be offered under the GNU General Public License 2. Microsoft’s director of platform strategy in the Server and Tools organization, Sam Ramji, said in a statement that Microsoft is seeing Microsoft and Open Source communities grow together, which ultimately is of benefit to Microsoft customers. He went on to say that many Microsoft customers use Linux in tandem with their systems.
Analysts are of the opinion that this is a dramatic warming of the relationship between Microsoft and the Open Source community as there have been plenty of examples where Microsoft had quite vehemently attacked the Open Source community using even legal battles, some of which on-going at this time.
You may remember the claim by Microsoft that Open Source projects like Linux violate 235 of its patents. Ramji went on to point out the current economic climate helping ease sentiments from Redmond. He says many companies are turning to Microsoft more frequently to help them succeed in a heterogeneous technology world because Microsoft understands that reducing complexity is a key factor to reducing cost. Microsoft sees interoperability as a lever for business growth.
The Linux community seems to be taking this positively. The Executive Director of the Linux Foundation, Jim Zemlin, says that Microsoft’s effort is a validation of Open Source.