Hyper-V Leaves Linux Out In The Cold

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 21, 2008

“Wednesday, Microsoft said Hyper-V beta for Windows Server 2008
is feature complete. Included in the list of operating systems
supported are Windows Server 2003 SP2, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server 10 SP1, Windows Vista SP1 (x86), and Windows XP SP3 (x86).
See John Fontana’s article for more details about the Hyper-V RC
announcement.

“Though I’m anxious for Hyper-V to be released, especially the
standalone version (which is not what this RC announcement was
about), I’m very disappointed in Hyper-V’s lack of support for
Linux…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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