Linux Is No Longer a Cancer

Now we have all heard the news about Microsoft working to offer Linux support with their Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1. But as I read through this article, I have to also ask what has happened to all of the hatred for Linux?

Citing interoperability as a larger goal, Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - news) has promised that it will add Linux support to its Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1, due by the end of the year. It will be the first Microsoft product to get Linux support.

The announcement was made by Microsoft head Steve Ballmer during a keynote at the Microsoft Management Summit in Las Vegas.

Ballmer, who has criticized Linux in the past, noted that the shift is meant to help users manage heterogeneous networks.

Feeling Flexible

With the service pack’s release, support will be available for all non-Windows virtual machines running on Virtual Server, Ballmer said. This will give users greater flexibility for virtualization. [Read the rest]