Redhat and Microsoft working to improve virtualization interopibility
February 26th, 2009 | by kfinney |
It seems RedHat and Microsoft have come to an understanding that there is enough business out there for everyone. Through this new agreement they will work on each others virtualization validation/certification programto improve the functionality of each others guest operating system. This simply means that Redhat is validated to run on Microsoft Hyper V platforms and Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008 will work on Redhat’s xen based virtualization platform.
Customers of each company benefit from cooperative troubleshooting and support. They also make a point to disclose the fact that there are no patent or open source licensing issues concerned in this agreement. They also disclose that there are no financial clauses other than your usual fees.
It seems only time that Microsoft and Redhat start to work to improve overall interoperability and support. After all, your going to have your die hard MS Fans and your going to have your Open Source Junkies! Some businesses prefer Microsoft due to customer loyalty or thinking it’s a steep learning curve to work with another OS. Whatever the reason may be, I think the community as a whole will benefit as long as they keep things balanced.
