Mark this day in your diary: Microsoft has decided to use the GPL for some of its software. This is according to Matt Asay over on our American sister site CNet News, who reports that the Hyper-V ...

After his last foray into the “Linux guy reviews a Microsoft product” space, Jason Perlow is back -- this time to take a look at Microsoft’s Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualization solution built ...

Many believed that certain areas must have “frozen over” on Monday, but it was just an unprecedented move by Microsoft announcing that it was contributing code to the Linux community with hopes of ...

Old dogs may struggle with new tricks, but they seem to be able to figure out new licenses. In a shocking move, Microsoft announced Monday the release of Hyper-V Linux Integration Components (LinuxIC) ...

In its latest embrace of open source software, Microsoft has taken the once unthinkable step of contributing 20,000 lines of code to the Linux community under the General Public License (GPL) version ...

Microsoft is giving Linux virtual machines running on Hyper-V the chance to perform much better with the release of Linux Integration Components When Microsoft finally released its long-awaited ...

I’ve written many posts about my adventures in virtualized server building and management over the past couple of years. Mostly to document what I’ve learned and to see what others are doing. Things ...

Late last month, Canonical made an astonishing announcement: an optimized image of Ubuntu Desktop is now available from Microsoft's Hyper-V gallery. This wonderful new feature is primarily intended ...

Microsoft this month talked about how its latest Hyper-V and System Center 2012 R2 improvements can help with the management of Linux and Unix servers. Michael Kelley, a lead program manager for ...

Adam Z. Lein has been a tech journalist at Pocketnow since 2002. He's also been a photographer since 1995 and a web developer & graphic designer since 1997 while working on the DEC intranet. He's also ...

Microsoft this week announced continued interoperability support for Red Hat Linux operating systems running on its Hyper-V hypervisor. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced an extension of its technical ...