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Microsoft's Shift: It Contributes Drivers to the Linux Community

In a move that marks a notable shift for Microsoft, the company has announced that it has released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code includes three Linux device drivers, and has been submitted to the Linux kernel community for inclusion in the Linux tree. The drivers will be available to the Linux community and customers alike, and will enhance the performance of the Linux operating system when virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V or Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, company officials said in a statement.

Sam Ramji, Microsoft's open source czar, commented on the move in an interview posted on Microsoft's site. Today?s release would have been unheard of from Microsoft a few years ago, he said but it?s a prime example that customer demand is a powerful catalyst for change. It's a smart, long overdue play from the company.



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Microsoft beating Mozilla...in open-source licensing. Adoption of its open source Microsoft Public License (MS-PL) is more prevalent than you think.

First look: Opera Unite alpha lets you share files -- but is it safe? The browser offers people their own web server, but what are the security risks?

EnterpriseDB brings Postgres closer to Oracle. It's more compatible and more scalable.

Red Hat's virtualization plan enters next phase. The company is aiming to challenge VMware and Citrix.



OStatic Buffer Overflow...

Microsoft beating Mozilla...in open-source licensing. Adoption of its open source Microsoft Public License (MS-PL) is more prevalent than you think.

First look: Opera Unite alpha lets you share files -- but is it safe? The browser offers people their own web server, but what are the security risks?

EnterpriseDB brings Postgres closer to Oracle. It's more compatible and more scalable.

Red Hat's virtualization plan enters next phase. The company is aiming to challenge VMware and Citrix.



VMware Saw the Threat, Releases Open Source Virtualization Client

Last year, following a crash in its share price and the replacement of its CEO with a seasoned Microsoft executive, I wrote about the perils that virtualization titan VMware faces. The problems come from two trends: 1) open source virtualization offerings; and 2) free virtualization within operating systems. From the free virtualization project Xen to the virtualization that Microsoft, Sun, Red Hat and others offer in operating systems,VMware's proprietary strategy looked mighty shaky. Today, VMware made what I consider the shrewdest move it could: launching an open source client for virtual desktops.


More Open Source TLC from Microsoft's Ray Ozzie

Many news outlets are hyping Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's comments on open source Thursday at the Most Valuable Professional Summit in Seattle. As I thought was true when Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and General Counsel Brad Smith wooed the open source community at OSBC in San Francisco, much of this looks to be PR due to the company's proposed acquisition of Yahoo. That looks like why the top executives--Ballmer, Ozzie, Smith--keep whispering sweet nothings about open source. Still, ever since his days at Lotus and Groove Networks, Ozzie has really known software, and almost always has something interesting to say. He did on Thursday.