Analysis: The only thing Linux folks have to fear is fear itself — the days of fearing Microsoft and other commercial software vendors are over.
and other commercial software vendors. But those days are long over. Linux is so deeply entrenched in the enterprise that Ballmer and company couldn't kill it if they tried. So my advice to the FOSSies and bloggers who are about to have a cow over Microsoft's decision to contribute a handful of drivers to the code base is to take a Xanax and chill out. In case you missed it, Microsoft has released 20,000 lines of Hyper-V device driver code to the Linux kernel community. The news prompted a number of commentators, including InfoWorld's own Randall Kennedy, to go full-bore ballistic . You'd think the black helicopters were about to swoop down on Linuxland.
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and other commercial software vendors. But those days are long over. Linux is so deeply entrenched in the enterprise that Ballmer and company couldn't kill it if they tried. So my advice to the FOSSies and bloggers who are about to have a cow over Microsoft's decision to contribute a handful of drivers to the code base is to take a Xanax and chill out. In case you missed it, Microsoft has released 20,000 lines of Hyper-V device driver code to the Linux kernel community. The news prompted a number of commentators, including InfoWorld's own Randall Kennedy, to go full-bore ballistic . You'd think the black helicopters were about to swoop down on Linuxland.
Full Story: Beware of Microsofties Bearing Gifts? Not This Time - PC World
