[TriLUG] Microsoft contributes drivers to Linux kernel

[Neil L. Little]

Just hope that they do not Svengali that random number algorithm with 
the NSA back door into the code.
http://www.schneier.com/essay-198.html

73,
Neil, WA4AZL

Alexander Ray wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:53 AM, Greg Cox<glcox at pobox.com> wrote:
>   
>>> On Jul 21, 2009, at 6:18 AM, Steve Holton wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> making it easier to host a virtual machine, running
>>>> Linux.....on Windows.
>>>>         
>>> And we would want to do that why?
>>>       
>> If they can be host to Linux guests they're poised to enter a battle with
>> VMware for the major piece of the market for which the only two OS'es in the
>> shop are Win and Lin.
>>
>> If I have a Linux guest on a HA cluster of Windows, oh ha ha Windows always
>> needs to be rebooted, but if I can flop the guest to another host (a la
>> Vmotion) whenever I want, then suddenly I have a leg up on baremetal Linux
>> since I can work around hardware issues.  If MSFT undercuts VMware's
>> pricing,
>> it'd be worth a look.
>>
>> People who don't mind rebooting their guests can use the free stuff,
>> Xen, ESXi, whatever.
>>     
>
> I think this is what they're doing.  Arming themselves with a big
> stick to beat VMWare with.
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