Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits sou…
Microsoft stuns Linux world, submits source code for kernel :
In an historic move, Microsoft Monday submitted driver source code for inclusion in the Linux kernel under a GPLv2 license.
“Obviously we are tickled about it,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director of the Linux Foundation. “Hell has frozen over, the seas have parted,” he said with a chuckle.
Microsoft made the announcement at the annual OSCON open source conference that opened Monday in San Jose.
Greg Kroah-Hartman, the Linux driver project lead and a Novell fellow, said he accepted 22,000 lines of Microsoft’s code at 9 a.m.PST Monday. Kroah-Hartman said the Microsoft code will be available as part of the next Linux public tree release in the next 24 hours. The code will become part of the 2.6.30.1 stable release.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/072009-microsoft-linux-source-code.html
All I can say is that this is a good sign.
uzyn 5:14 am on July 21, 2009 Permalink
OK you beat me to this. Wanted to blog about this too and since you’ve done it, I’ll just add my comment I originally wished to append here:
Could we be seeing a new UNIX-based OS from Microsoft? Just like how Apple did with the transition from OS 9 to OS X.
kahwee 2:47 pm on July 25, 2009 Permalink
I think it’s likely Microsoft would come out with it’s own Linux-variant but it’s unlikely Microsoft would move Windows from what it already is today. Windows can still remain Windows and Microsoft can still move into Linux the Red Hat way.
I can imagine it’s an option that they’re evaluating since many governments are moving into open source operating system and Microsoft is most eligible for a share in the open source enterprise business. They’ve almost got nothing to lose here and can advertise greater interoperability and still place their commercial titles into the open source Linux. Nothing but pride is preventing Microsoft from forking Ubuntu as a base to create Microsoft Open Source Operating System 2010 Enterprise Edition.
So I say why not? Haha, the GNU fans would curse and swear though.