Microsoft to Support Linux

Filed in: Linux, Microsoft — April 22nd, 2005

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Microsoft has done what could have once been considered unthinkable: It has begun to support Linux in its products. In a keynote speech given at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas, CEO Steve Ballmer laid out the company’s plans to expand its virtualization software to support other platforms, including Linux.

Microsoft’s Virtual Server leverages Windows Server 2003 as a platform for running multiple operating systems on a single machine, each insolated from one another. Windows Server 2003 is the “host” OS that can be configured to run virtual machines for “guest” operating systems, including Windows NT and 2000, OS/2 and Unix.

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  • http://blog.chewxy.com/ Chewxy

    WADAFAK?
    soon we’ll hear of .NET on linux platforms.. (ok..Mono not included)
    Then .NET will trully be global (assuming oracle and sun microsystem dies in 2 years time)

    MUHAHAHAHA…very good plan of MS indeed (I still dislike linux though… Macs rox)

  • http://blog.chewxy.com/ Chewxy

    WADAFAK?
    soon we’ll hear of .NET on linux platforms.. (ok..Mono not included)
    Then .NET will trully be global (assuming oracle and sun microsystem dies in 2 years time)

    MUHAHAHAHA…very good plan of MS indeed (I still dislike linux though… Macs rox)

  • http://blog.chewxy.com Chewxy

    WADAFAK?
    soon we’ll hear of .NET on linux platforms.. (ok..Mono not included)
    Then .NET will trully be global (assuming oracle and sun microsystem dies in 2 years time)

    MUHAHAHAHA…very good plan of MS indeed (I still dislike linux though… Macs rox)

  • LcF

    you see, Microsoft is wrapping ALL others…

  • LcF

    you see, Microsoft is wrapping ALL others…

  • http://www.kamigoroshi.net/ Edrei

    It’s Microsoft’s diabolical plan to turn Linux into a free beta testing group where the open souce programmers will fix any horrendous buggy code Microsoft throws at them. Then all Microsoft has to do is patent bits of the code that matter and thus earning them a share of the market.

    SAY NO LINUX!! SAVE YOURSELF!! OPEN SOURCE RULES!!

    “Monopoly is just a game Senator, I’m trying to control the whole f***ing world” – Bill Gates.

  • http://www.kamigoroshi.net/ Edrei

    It’s Microsoft’s diabolical plan to turn Linux into a free beta testing group where the open souce programmers will fix any horrendous buggy code Microsoft throws at them. Then all Microsoft has to do is patent bits of the code that matter and thus earning them a share of the market.

    SAY NO LINUX!! SAVE YOURSELF!! OPEN SOURCE RULES!!

    “Monopoly is just a game Senator, I’m trying to control the whole f***ing world” – Bill Gates.

  • http://www.kamigoroshi.net Edrei

    It’s Microsoft’s diabolical plan to turn Linux into a free beta testing group where the open souce programmers will fix any horrendous buggy code Microsoft throws at them. Then all Microsoft has to do is patent bits of the code that matter and thus earning them a share of the market.

    SAY NO LINUX!! SAVE YOURSELF!! OPEN SOURCE RULES!!

    “Monopoly is just a game Senator, I’m trying to control the whole f***ing world” – Bill Gates.

  • http://www.ocwire.com/ RAM

    Actually Microsoft is had bought Virtual PC from Connectix some time ago and it used to support Linux anyway; they were the ones to strip linux support from it and now they’re putting it back.

    I guess they thought if people are going to run Linux servers anyway why don’t we get them to run it on Windows Server!

    Anyway, great blog Liew .. keep it up :)

  • http://www.ocwire.com/ RAM

    Actually Microsoft is had bought Virtual PC from Connectix some time ago and it used to support Linux anyway; they were the ones to strip linux support from it and now they’re putting it back.

    I guess they thought if people are going to run Linux servers anyway why don’t we get them to run it on Windows Server!

    Anyway, great blog Liew .. keep it up :)

  • http://www.ocwire.com RAM

    Actually Microsoft is had bought Virtual PC from Connectix some time ago and it used to support Linux anyway; they were the ones to strip linux support from it and now they’re putting it back.

    I guess they thought if people are going to run Linux servers anyway why don’t we get them to run it on Windows Server!

    Anyway, great blog Liew .. keep it up :)

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