Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community

[gtroza]

Microsoft Contributes Linux Drivers to Linux Community

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Jul09/07-20LinuxQA.mspx

REDMOND, Wash., July 20, 2009 — Today, in a break from the ordinary, Microsoft released 20,000 lines of device driver code to the Linux community. The code, which includes three Linux device drivers, 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.

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σχετικές αναφορές

 

Microsoft embraces GPL, opens Hyper-V to Linux with LinuxIC

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10290686-16.html

 

Pigs do fly: Microsoft unleashes 20,000 lines of Linux code

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3403

Microsoft is releasing three Microsoft-developed Linux drivers to the Linux community for possible inclusion in the Linux source tree.

 

This is the first time Microsoft has made Microsoft-developed code available directly to the Linux community. The Redmondians have released various pieces of code under different open-source licenses over the past few years, but this is the first time Microsoft has released Linux code and the first time the company has used the GPL license to release code, I believe. (Anyone know otherwise?) My ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow says Microsoft previously released part of the Linux Integration Components under the GPL, so this isn’t technically the first-ever GPL’d code from the Softies.

 

Microsoft made the Linux driver announcement on July 20, the opening day of the O’Reilly OSCON open-source conference.

 

foss: κάτι σαν νέα γρίπη !

 

σχετικό με το MONO και την C#

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090717043855128

η κοκκινοσκουφίτσα και ο καλός λύκος

[firewalker]

Θρανίο, να του πεις ότι δεν θα πάρουμε!

[DIMITRISG]

θα μας μαγαρισουν τον kernel

[gtroza]

εννοείται οτι δεν θα πάρουμε !

αλλά μόλις το είδα είπα να γράψω και κάτι εντός θέματος !

τελευταία όλο εξυπνάδες πετάω

 

πάντως στην microsoft το παλεύουν το θέμα

είναι το 1% του Linux που λέγαμε

 

θα μας μαγαρισουν τον kernel

κάτσε να γίνουν δεκτά πρώτα

 

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[firewalker]

Θα γίνουν δεκτά. Γιατί να μην γίνου άλλωστε. Το συζητούσαν αρκετό καιρό στην Ms αυτό. Μα δείτε που θα βγάλουν και διανομή δική τους.

[Αδμιν]

Να εδινε drivers για τις Webcam της, που τοσος κοσμος βασανιζεται...

[DIMITRISG]

Απ οτι διαβαζα η συμετοχη της Microsoft στον κώδικα γινεται για να υποστηριζουν συσκευες στο virtualisation

Φοβήθηκαν μπας και οι εταιρειες αποφασισουν να εχουν linux και στο host μηχανημα.

[gtroza]

δεν είναι μόνο "πρακτικό-τεχνικό" θέμα, κατά την γνώμη μου

 

"ενισχύει" και την εικόνα της, και της δίνει δυνατότητες να κινηθεί με διάφορους τρόπους, στο μέλλον, απέναντι στο "τσουνάμι"*

 

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Bureaucrats, Technocrats and Policy Cats: How the Government is turning to Open Source, and Why.

http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/detail/8384

 

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νέα σχόλια σχετικά με το θέμα

Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072009-microsoft-linux-source-code.html

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"Obviously we are tickled about it," said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. "Hell has frozen over, the seas have parted," he said with a chuckle.

 

Microsoft made the announcement at the annual OSCON open source conference that opened Monday in San Jose.

 

Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux driver project lead and a Novell fellow, said he accepted 22,000 lines of Microsoft's code at 9 a.m.PST Monday. Kroah-Hartman said the Microsoft code will be available as part of the next Linux public tree release in the next 24 hours. The code will become part of the 2.6.30.1 stable release.

 

"Then the whole world will be able to look at the code," he said.

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Behind Microsoft's strategy

 

While observers hail Microsoft's Linux kernel code submission as good for the industry and a substantial step forward, the move isn't pure altruism.

 

The drivers will make it easier to support Linux guest operating systems in their emerging cloud infrastructure, and it will guarantee Windows is a part of every enterprise conversation around virtual Linux servers.

 

And virtualization integration baked into the Linux kernel appears to provide Microsoft with a heavy stick with which to beat up VMware.

 

"Why should Microsoft let a religious distaste for Linux get in the way of making a lot of money on Windows Server 2008 being the hypervisor under all those Linux servers?" asked Jeffrey Hammond, an analyst with Forrester Research. "Microsoft's desire to take money away from VMware and other alternatives has outweighed its distaste for embracing Linux and the GPL. That is a sign of the opportunity they see here."

 

Microsoft, however, won't have an exclusive on virtualization drivers in Linux. VMware has certified kernel mode para-virtualization drivers but administrators have to install them separately because they are not part of the mainline Linux kernel.

"Microsoft is taking a short cut," said Chris Wolf, an analyst with the Burton Group."This is a big deal. When you get in the mainline Linux kernel it is a competitive advantage for Microsoft."

 

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."

 

Microsoft Shares Virtualization Code With Linux

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3830796/Microsoft%20Shares%20Virtualization%20Code%20With%20Linux.htm

 

Congratulations Microsoft

http://linux-network-plumber.blogspot.com/2009/07/congratulations-microsoft.html

 

More on the Hyper-V Linux Integration Components

by hjanssen on July 20, 2009 03:24PM

http://blogs.iis.net/port25-php/archive/2009/07/20/more-on-the-hyper-v-linux-integration-components.aspx

 

και γιά όποιον έχει κουράγιο !

http://www.google.gr/search?q=hyper-v+linux+driver&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=com.ubuntu:en-US:unofficial&client=firefox-a

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[chek2fire]

Oo αυτό και αν είναι είδηση Κοιτά να δεις πως αλλάζουν οι καιροί!!

[alkisg]

Και μέσα σ' αυτό το "μεγάλο νέο" :-P επισκιάστηκε το γεγονός ότι και το launchpad έγινε open source...

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-open-sources-launchpad

[firewalker]

Και μέσα σ' αυτό το "μεγάλο νέο" :-P επισκιάστηκε το γεγονός ότι και το launchpad έγινε open source...

http://www.ubuntu.com/news/canonical-open-sources-launchpad

 

Αφού δεν "ντρέπονταν" να το έχουν κλειστό τόσο καιρό... G.P.L. το έκαναν; Μπα, ε;

[gtroza]

πολλά "μπλεγμένα μπούτια" πίσω απ' τη σκηνή των OS:mrgreen:

αυτό καταλαβαίνω, γενικά !

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και ο πιό πετυχημένος τίτλος

 

Microsoft embraces Linux 'cancer' to sell Windows servers

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/20/microsoft_windows_drivers_linux/

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[gtroza]

τι κάνει η ανάγκη !

 

Microsoft opened Linux-driver code after 'violating' GPL

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/07/23/microsoft_hyperv_gpl_violation/

 

Pigs are flying low: Why Microsoft open-sourced its Linux drivers

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3433

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[DIMITRISG]

εδω δειτε

http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/

[lef50]

τι κάνει η ανάγκη !

Και στα ελληνικα http://elkosmas.gr/2009/07/23/ms_gpl_violatio/