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Microsoft Releases Virtual Machine Additions for Linux

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 24th Oct 2007 20:08 UTC, submitted by twickline

Microsoft has released its Virtual Machine Additions for Linux. "Virtual Machine Additions for Linux are designed to improve the usability and interoperability of running qualified Linux operating systems as guests or virtual machines of Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1." Red Hat and SUSE are the obvious supported guests.

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RE[4]: re

by kosmonaut on Thu 25th Oct 2007 15:28 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: re"

Member since:
2005-09-27

Did you even read my comment? Notice the "free as in beer nuts" statement?

Moreover you don't seem to counter the main point I made in that sentence:

Microsoft has decided to give it FOR free as one of the maneouvers to try and dent VMWare market share (the other maneouver is to support XenSource's virtualization offering in order to weaken VMWare's position).

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RE[5]: re

by jayson.knight on Thu 25th Oct 2007 19:52 in reply to "RE[4]: re"

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2005-07-06

"Moreover you don't seem to counter the main point I made in that sentence:"

Why should I address it when you simply restated the obvious? There is absolutely nothing wrong with Microsoft giving away a competing product for free. Notice how VMWare quickly responded by subsequently giving away VMWare Server for free?

There's nothing to counter.

Any other blatantly obvious observations for us today?

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