Salutations, I guess the whole hoo-hah was due to the fact that MS finally decides to contribute something for the GNU/Linux ecosystem rather than just flinging FUD at it.
Yes, to many, the drivers may not amount to much but it could be a start for more possible contributions in the future. Eric On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Boh Yap<[email protected]> wrote: > > hi, > > there was much hu-hah about MS contribution to Linux and kernel code even! > So I decided to find out more, turns out its kernel drivers, DRIVERS > not core code! > > Also these drivers are to.... ALLOW LINUX TO BE VIRTUALIZED USING > WINDOWS AS THE HOST OS! > > Ah... so the truth is out, its purely to Windows/MS advantage, no big > deal. Trust MS .. the leopard has'nt changed its spots. > > here is an article on this: > <http://www.linux-mag.com/cache/7439/1.html> > > and when L.Torvalds was asked if he were to look into it, well he said > " ...driver code is not so important, he'll let others review it..." > > have a good read... > -- > #------- > regds, > > Boh Heong, Yap > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
