Their logic is still a little backward. Why would you want to run the OS with low overhead on top of the OS with the larger overhead. It should be the other way around. I am really surprised that someone at MS allowed the project to use the GPL. I felt that MS can create open software just not with that license.
On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: > Indeed. > On Jul 22, 2009, at 11:56, Simon Vass wrote: > > > Sorry shouldn't that be beware geeks bearing gifts?! Thank you Thank you > I'll be here all week. > > Simon Vass > Technical Manager > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > http://www.etech.ug > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > Email: [email protected] > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Bagyenda" <[email protected]> > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, 22 July, 2009 08:35:50 GMT +03:00 Iraq > Subject: Re: [LUG] It is starting to get cold in hell. > > > Beware Greeks bearing gifts. > > > Still, why does anyone run Linux on top of Windows?! > > > > > > > On Jul 22, 2009, at 06:35, Niles Collins wrote: > > > > > They could theoretically take over the entire OS by contributing the most > code. Lord knows they have enough money to throw some talented programmers on > the case. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jul 21, 2009, at 10:51 PM, Wire James < [email protected] > wrote: > > > > > > Very good news. I like their change of heart and strategy. It shows that they > did not achieve market dominance by mistake. They are a malleable company. > > Wire > > > On Tue, 2009-07-21 at 10:07 -0400, Niles Collins wrote: > > > http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/07/microsoft-aims-at-vm-market-with-linux-kernel-code-offering.ars > > > > Microsoft is contributing approximately 20,000 lines of source code to the > Linux kernel with the aim of improving support for running the Linux > operating system in virtualized environments on Windows servers. The move is > part of a broader trend at Microsoft towards collaboration with the open > source software community. > > Prominent Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the code > submission today in a message posted to the Linux kernel mailing list. He > says that the new drivers contributed by Microsoft will soon land in the > staging tree where they will undergo some refinement before they are merged > directly into the mainline kernel. Microsoft is making the code available > under the terms of GNU's General Public License (GPL), the open source > software license that is used by the Linux kernel. > > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list > [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously > hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are > owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host > is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/ <http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug> > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. > --------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
