Microsoft to help sell Hyper-V infused Linux distro in China

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Microsoft and China Standard Software Co. Ltd. (CS2C), announced a deal through which CS2C’s Linux-based NeoKylin Linux Server distribution will be matched with Hyper-V Open Cloud architecture. The combined offering, which puts Microsoft in the unlikely business of selling Linux solutions, is aimed at developing cloud applications in China, and is expected to be deployed in the defense infrastructure, as … Read More

Linux and the financial crisis

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On December 2007, the New York Stock Exchange adopted Linux. In late August 2008, we saw one of the worse worldwide stock market crash of the last hundred years. This crisis was not predicted by mainstream economists and experts. It took them by surprise and it took weeks or months before an explanation could emerge. Even to this day, there … Read More

Linux 3.0-rc6 Kernel: Space Aliens & Drugs

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The Linux 3.0-rc6 kernel isn’t too exciting since we’re nearing an end to the development cycle, but this release does introduce the new Intel ISCSI driver. This is the driver that’s received praise by Christoph Hellwig and others.
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