Kod sluzi za poboljsanje performansi Linuxa kada Linux trci unutar Hyper-V hipervizora.
http://www.microsoft.com/press...s/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.
^ obratite paznju na recnik :) "in a break from the ordinary" :-)
U svakom slucaju - pozitivan potez Microsofta, koji pokazuje da se zahuktava borba za modernu serversku sobu gde je virtualizacija vrlo bitna stvar... Microsoftu u takvom poretku stvari odgovara Linux koji trci najbrze moguce unutar Win Server hipervizora, zbog cega su i kontribuirali svoj kod :-)
Ono sto je najjace u celoj prici je sama licenca - GPL V2, da bi kod bio deo Linux kernela - ocigledno je da mora biti GPL licenciran. Svi znamo MSFT-ov stav prema toj licenci, koji je ovekovecen u prici njihovog SVP-a ("Threat" - http://www.microsoft.com/press...c/craig/05-03sharedsource.mspx) ili njihovog CEO-a koji je naravno bio mnogo deskriptivniji (Cancer -http://www.theregister.co.uk/2.../02/ballmer_linux_is_a_cancer/ )
Ali eto... vremena se menjaju, pa i stavovi :)
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