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Tuesday, July 18, 2006
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Microsoft, Xen to Run Windows, Linux Side-by-side
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Microsoft on Monday said it is teaming up with Linux supplier XenSource to allow computers to run the upcoming version of Microsoft's Windows server operating system on computers that are simultaneously running Linux software.
In the latest sign that it is dropping its resistance to Linux, Microsoft of Redmond,
Washington is teaming up with Palo Alto, California-based XenSource to compete with
VMware, now the biggest supplier of so-called "virtualization" software.
VMware, also based in Palo Alto, is a unit of EMC Corp. . and helped pioneer the market
in which computers can be used to simultaneously run multiple operating systems.
Virtualization software functions at a more basic level than operating systems such as
Windows or Linux to allow fundamentally different software programs to run on the same
microchip. This allows more tasks to be run on each computer, cutting overall hardware
costs for businesses.
Microsoft and XenSource said in a joint statement that they will cooperate on the
development of technology that makes their respective "virtualization" software programs
work side-by-side on the same computer.
As a result of the collaboration, the next version of Windows Server, code-named
"Longhorn," will provide customers with a virtualization system that promises to help
run both Windows and Linux on the same machine more cost-effectively.
Microsoft said it expects to conduct a public trial of Windows Server virtualization by
the end of this year and to release a commercial version of the software within 180 days
of the date when Windows Server "Longhorn" is released. Microsoft aims to release
"Longhorn" by the end of 2007, it said. |
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