Microsoft ponies up device driver code to Linux world
Microsoft continued its push to engage the Linux community Monday with the release of 20,000 lines of device driver code under the GPLv2 license.
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This is the first time Microsoft has used this license, which is a favorite in the Linux world.
The immediate goal is to enable Linux to run as a virtual machine atop Microsoft's Hyper-V hypervisor, Tom Hanrahan, director of Microsoft's Open Source Technology Center (OSTC), said in a Q&A posted to Microsoft's press site.
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