On Monday, Microsoft made a surprising move by submitting a driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license, networkworld.com reported. Microsoft said the move will foster more open source on Windows and help the vendor offer a consistent set of virtualization, management and administrative tools to support mixed virtualized infrastructure.
According to an ITnews.com article reported By allowing greater ability to run Linux on the Hyper-V virtualization platform, Microsoft is making a compelling case that it could be the virtualization vendor of choice for consolidation of Windows and Linux applications, says Gartner analyst George Weiss.
The move is a direct shot at VMware, the market leader in virtualization. Virtualization can dramatically improve the efficiency and availability of resources and applications in your organization by removing the old “one server, one application” model and placing it all on an automated datacenter, built on a VMware virtualization platform. lets you respond to market dynamics faster and more efficiently than ever before.
Microsoft's big Linux push Monday involved the submission of driver source code for inclusion in the Linux Kernel, which will provide the hooks for any distribution of Linux to run on Windows Server 2008 and its Hyper-V hypervisor technology. Hyper-V's support of Linux-based guest operating systems was previously limited to several versions of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Microsoft provided integration components and technical support to customers who wanted to run SUSE Linux.
With another major move, Microsoft is continuing its full frontal assault on… everyone. Between Windows Vista, the PC Hunter Ad’s (which caused backlash over at Apple), BING (read our previous blog posting to get your BING game up), and now a move into the virtualization market in an attempt to overtake VMware with Hyper-V.
While VMware still has the superior product, they cannot lay back and watch the Microsoft machine to step on their toes. As any growing technology company, VMware cannot be satisfied with their current market stronghold. They must evolve along with the industry, and offer new and innovative services at competitive prices before they are pushed out the door by hungry competitors gunning for a slice of the virtualization pie.
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