Microsoft To Support CentOS Linux In Hyper-V

jbrodkin writes "Long the enemy of Linux users, Microsoft is apparently seeing dollar signs in the Linux-dominated Web server market. Microsoft's virtualization software, Hyper-V, will immediately add support for CentOS Linux, a community version of Red Hat that even Microsoft notes is a 'popular Linux distribution for hosters.' 'This enables our Hosting partners to consolidate their mixed Windows + Linux infrastructure on Windows Server Hyper-V,' Microsoft said. In addition to Web hosting, this targets another area where Microsoft is stuck in second place: the virtualization market dominated by VMware."

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Re:does anybody really use hyper-V?

[slazzy]

Yes, I believe there are almost as many hyper-V servers as zune music players.

Worst of both worlds?

[ron_ivi]

So all the stability and security of Microsoft running on the bare metal; combined with the user-friendliness and ease of use of Linux. :)