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Microsoft to Support Linux in Virtual Server

Posted by Zonk on from the he-done-said-a-nice-thing-about-linux dept.

zaxios writes "Techworld is reporting that Microsoft has announced support for running Linux on their virtualization software, Virtual Server 2005. From the article: '[Microsoft] can't compete against VMware without support for other operating systems.' Perhaps the significance of this is that Microsoft has acknowledged Linux as an OS people might want to use, which seems an upgrade from its previous status as a communist cancer."

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  1. oblig by MrNonchalant · · Score: 4, Funny

    In the post-Microsoft world I welcome our communist Linux overlords.

  2. So let me get this straight by mindaktiviti · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft is supporting communism AND cancer!? Well I knew they were evil but this is definitely a new low. For shame, Microsoft, for shame.

  3. Finally! by mathmatt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean I can finally run Linux under Wine?

  4. Or.. by Turn-X+Alphonse · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or Microsoft wants to be able to go "hey why switch to Linux, you can do the same thing on Windows, whats up with you silly commie?"

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  5. If you can't beat them... by darthgnu · · Score: 5, Funny

    make them run in a virtual server...

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  6. Re:previous comments? by macaulay805 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Even a stone can change with time.

    Sir, you give me hope with that comment about my parent-in-law. Thank You.

  7. no by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 5, Funny

    it means you can run Wine on Windows.

  8. Virtual Server ain't done... by arpad1 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...if Linux'll run.

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  9. Hell Freezes over by killproc · · Score: 5, Funny


    Originally submitted without MS bashing as:

    Hell Freezes Over-Thursday April 21, @08:37AM -Rejected

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  10. LMAO by tacocat · · Score: 5, Funny

    I wonder who will be the first one to run:

    • Linux Running VMware running...
      • Windows Running VirtualServer2005 running...
      • Linux Running WMware running...
    You get the idea..
    1. Re:LMAO by tgd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Imagine a beowulf cluster of those!

      Can you cluster the external Linux box with the internal one?

    2. Re:LMAO by meringuoid · · Score: 5, Funny

      You'd need a separate licence for each iteration... Of course, if you set it up just right you could send a Microsoft lawyer into an infinite loop, which would be a pretty cool science fair project.

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  11. Re:Virtually Meaningless by AntEater · · Score: 3, Funny

    What he means is that virtualization will become a mission-critical function within the enterprise allowing customers to leverage their investments in legacy systems while enabling information technology staff to expand development using innovative technologies. MS is striving to develop best of breed technologies to provide its cusomers better TCO and ROI when compared with competing products.

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  12. Re:Hmm...this starts to remind me of something... by Neward+Rylet · · Score: 3, Funny

    no, anything but the Gandhi quote!

  13. Cue Agent Smith by McGregorMortis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linux is... a cancer. And we... are the cure.

  14. wtf? by SpongeBobLinuxPants · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't running Linux on top of Windows be kind of like stacking bricks on jello?

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  15. Re:Balmer takes 5 years to change his mind by sepluv · · Score: 5, Funny
    Makes me think of Gandhi's stages of fighting for freedom:
    1. First they ignore you
    2. then they laugh at you
    3. then they fight you
    4. then you win
    5. My corollary: then they say they were with you all along
    I thought we were at GhandiCon 3 with Microsoft but this has shades of GhandiCon 5 (my corollary).
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  16. So now I can... by suitepotato · · Score: 5, Funny

    Windows inside Linux inside Windows inside MacOSX.

    So instead of one cross-platform standards-based language embodying write-one-run-anywhere, we do it the long way around.

    Yeah, this is a really great idea. "Our new PCs from Dell can run six different operating systems inside each other right out of the box. We call it the Mental Whiplash System."

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  17. Very late to the party by UnknowingFool · · Score: 4, Funny

    Longhorn's late. Yukon's late. Ballmer, the deadline for April Fool's jokes are April 1st.
    [ducks]

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  18. Re:Balmer takes 5 years to change his mind by darkjedi521 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why, SCO Unix, of course.

  19. Just think! Running Linux on Windows Server by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 4, Funny

    you get all the disadvantages of Linux with the advantages of massive downtime, unrealeased patches to Windows Server, and you get to pay tons of cash!

    Cool!

    Um, what was the question?

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