UPDATE Nov 16 2009: This idea has been abandoned due to lack of support and interest from the visitors. When we get enough interested visitors, we will certainly think about it again.
The post below just exists for historical reasons.
ORIGINAL POST: Aug 27, 2009:
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You must have heard the news that M$ has released kernel driver for Linux with GPLv2 License. So did really do a great job? Did it help Linux community in any way?
Lets see what the driver is about. The kernel driver is supposed to make Linux run better on Hyper-V virtual machines. That is just a marketing plan that will help M$ sell more of M$ Hyper-V Server 2008. It is not different than open-vm tools by VMWare. So it does not seem to do Linux community any good. It does good to M$ of course.
And about the License, they have used GPLv2 License. Of course, they understand the GPL license more than any others, since it concerns them a lot. And it is obvious they did not go for GPLv3 because they have already said they will not touch GPLv3 with a 10-foot pole, for obvious reasons. They have used GPLv2 for its vagueness (which arose the need for GPLv3). And by the way, an engineer has already stated in his blog that M$ has violated GPLv2 already.
So how is is going to do any good to Linux community? One way I can imagine is not having to set up another group of developers to build that so one who wants to use Linux on top of Hyper-V can use it properly, without having to wait for Linux developers to do it (we know Ntfs writing in Linux, it took a lot of time for those who wanted to write to Ntfs from Linux). And that is the only way I can imagine.
Anyways, that saves a lot of work for Linux community and I expect M$ to write code that makes it easy for users who wish to run Linux in the future (be it on their Virtual Environment or be it anywhere else that concerns M$). Someone has said on his blog that M$ is trying to do a deadly embrace using the driver module. But I think that is too paranoid and I personally don’t think they have any such plans (although that may be just me).
Dear Viewers, as we were thinking of celebrating install fete this week this is the next article wich is about installing Ubuntu with Windows installed in it. You might want to give Linux a try and here is how we thought can be helpful to you. This video will teach you how to install Ubuntu and Windows Dual Boot.
Before actually moving from Windows to Linux you should understand them well. You should know about similarities and differences of Linux and Windows. You should be proud to hear that that the standards that drive Linux are the foundations of Windows administration. Some of the buzzwords are different, and the tools are a little different, but the underlying concepts are the same. The better news is that as you become accustomed to the Linux approach to doing things, you will have an even larger toolset to work with to control and maintain your environment. Linux’s strength is in its stability and flexibility. As you learn to think in Linux, you’ll accomplish more, automate more, and do more remotely. So, it won’t be that hard for you to understand Linux.
Dear readers, we are delighted that you are moving to something flexible, stable and cost saving(Linux). Before completely shifting to Linux you may have a lots of questions on you head. We promise that we will be answering all those questions via this blog in the days to come.
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