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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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.
VMware to back Chrome OS play
VMware Inc. intends to support Google Chrome OS as one of the many guest operating systems it can virtualize.
"VMware will welcome Google Chrome OS to the family of desktop OSes as another choice for running specialized applications when it's available," said Raj Mallempati, VMware group product manager, desktop business unit, in a statement to SearchServerVirtualization.com.
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