Hi,
Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote:
Hello,
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009, தங்கமணி அருண் wrote:
Read : http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/7/20/167
This is indeed good news. At least GPLv2 is not a "virus" according
to _some_ people in MicroSoft.
The GPL is apparently not a virus when you want the community to contribute
towards improving the quality of your own product.
Now, if only they submit some of their patents to OIN (open invention
network) so that:
1. Mono/.Net and Moonlight/Silverlight can gain wider adoption.
2. Vfat can actually be used on all portable devices.
3. Document formats for office use can converge.
Heh ! ...you wish !
If they do this we might even find them more friendly than some other
computer giants.
Just like the Hyper-V driver provides compatability _and_ thus
improves the chances for people to continue to use Windows, so will
the above actions provide a net gain for MicroSoft.
Or perhaps I am dreaming!
<pinch> Yep, you are !
Now that they have improved the performance of running linux under Hyper-V, I
wonder how well they'd work with or even answer to questions about improving
windows performance under say xen or kvm, without shoving a NDA in the faces of
the developers.
Call me pessimistic but I'm not really celebrating this news. It is just the
same as any odd software/hardware vendor contributing drivers for their
product/devices.
That said, I wonder whether this news is a direct effect of Red Hat's
interoperability agreement with M$[1] ...if it is, cheers to Red Hat !
[1] https://www.redhat.com/promo/svvp/?intcmp=70160000000HiHHAA0
cheers,
- steve
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