CNET News: VMware-Friendly Change Likely for Linux

“Linux programmers are moving toward a change that would put
virtualization software from VMware on a more even footing with
open-source rival Xen.

“Xen was expected to be built tightly into the Linux kernel at
the heart of the open-source operating system. But Andrew Morton, a
key deputy to Linux leader Linus Torvalds, is advocating an
interface in the Linux kernel that would let it work with any
virtualization foundation…”

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