Microsoft and Xen sitting in a tree...

This press release caught my eye. Entitled "Microsoft and XenSource to Develop Interoperability for Windows Server “Longhorn” Virtualization" it signals an intent from Microsoft and Xen to attack VMWare directly, and it seems to give Microsoft a hypervisor quicker than anticipated. Interesting indeed.

Posted by Christian Mohn aka h0bbel

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Published July 18, 2006 09:30
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  • Virtualization race heating up - h0bbel
    July 20, 2006 1:23am

    […] Not suprisingly the “heat” in the server virtualization race is heating up after the Microsoft - Xen deal. VMWare has responded by claiming that Xen is leaving it’s open source roots behind and effectively opening up an alley for Microsoft to “de-gpl” Xen. Read more about the heated response from VMWare at the source. […]

  • Microsoft and Novell - h0bbel
    November 3, 2006 2:49pm

    […] OK, they threw “Document format compatibility” into the mix as well as well as support and interoptability, but thats really minor points. It’s very apparent that this deal is made to put VMware under more pressure than Microsoft can do in their own. The fact that VMware is able to pressure Microsoft into striking a deal with Novell, and Xen, shows that VMWare is a serious threat to the future of Microsoft virtualization platform. […]

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