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Microsoft's Ramji used a gentler spin. "We see more opportunity to work together and grow open source on the Microsoft platform," he said.
Ramji called virtualization a crucial technology for consolidation in the data center. "The question becomes am I going to pick multiple versions of virtualization technology; one for each operating system or workload, and if I do that, will I get the benefit that I need? Or can I pick one virtualization technology, one management technology and have one set of skills to support that whole infrastructure regardless if it is Unix, Linux or Windows running on top of it. We can clearly and consistently state we are a great choice to be your virtualization infrastructure provider."
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at OSCON?By Anonymous on July 20, 2009, 12:32 pmWhen/where was this announced at OSCON? We're only a couple hours into the beginning tutorials of the first day.
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re: at OSCON?By Anonymous on July 20, 2009, 1:09 pmsubmitted by John Fontana, Network World Microsoft is making the announcement from the show. Don't know if they used a press release or what, I am not on site. They...
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Pretty good article, significant newsBy Anon on July 20, 2009, 1:45 pmAs a very multi-platform jock, this is not a surprise, my time using and investgigating MS tech over the past year enlightened me quite a bit to believe this. It's...
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AwesomeBy Anonymous on July 20, 2009, 2:10 pmI don't have to hack the virtual... now I can hack the Hypervisor and PWN them all!
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Thats a pityBy Anonymous on July 20, 2009, 2:24 pmHas to be GPL huh? Couldn't be MIT/BSD-ish?
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Historic dayBy Anonymous on July 20, 2009, 3:59 pmIs a humiliation for MS: they need Linux.
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