Interestingly, Microsoft started developing and marketing UNIX in 1980 - as XENIX! And it went on to become one of the most widespread versions of UNIX in the mid '80s. It left SCO and SUN to run with the torch from 1989 till now...
Maybe Bill is finally coming back home, slowly, though! Kind regards, Bernard 2009/7/22 Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]>: > 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. > --------------------------------------- > > > -- Bernard Wanyama Technical Manager Syntech Associates Ltd Suite 422, GPO Building Plot 35, Kampala Rd, Kampala, UGANDA Web: www.syntechug.com Cell: +256 71 2193979 Fixed: +256 41 4251591 _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
