Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Jun 2007 20:05 UTC, submitted by LinucksGirl
"The Linux kernel is the core of a large and complex operating system, and while it's huge, it is well organized in terms of subsystems and layers. In this article, you explore the general structure of the Linux kernel and get to know its major subsystems and core interfaces."
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2005-11-11
The speed differences sound a bit far fetched, but such a thing is interesting. But why would Microsoft create such a thing?
Free software types would likely find such a thing intensely distasteful for the same reason many don't like NDISwrapper: it discourages the creation of native drivers. Though many end users might not care, native drivers are preferable, especially since Linux does not just run on x86.
This hypervisor will likely be shunned as an attempt to increase the usage of binary drivers in Linux, which seems like a possible Microsoft goal in creating it - with the nice secondary benefit of causing more infighting ala Wine vs native, NDISwrapper vs native, anything to do with Microsoft and Linux (Novell deal) etc.
I am in agreement with those who feel binary drivers are bad, so even if their motives truly were benevolent, I'd feel the attempt would be misguided. While the may simply be misguided, what I just laid out does seem more likely: sowing discord and binary drivers. Even if I'm wrong, I wouldn't be the only one to think so, so I see a frosty reception ahead for anything like this.
It is interesting, no doubt. I'll look forward to hearing more about this.