[ Thanks to Steven J.
Vaughan-Nichols for this link. ]
“These drivers, jointly called the Linux Device Driver
for Virtualization, when added to Linux, gives any distribution
using them the ability to run on Windows Server 2008 and its
Hyper-V hypervisor technology. Server-level virtualization doesn’t
get people excited the way the desktop models, like Sun, now
Oracle’s, VirtualBox, but it’s actually much more important for
businesses. By enabling companies to run more than one server, or a
mix of server operating systems, on one hardware platform you save
both energy and hardware costs. So, for Novell and Microsoft, which
with their partner Citrix is out to knock out VMware and Red Hat,
making Hyper-V serve as a bridge between Linux and Windows Server
2008 is a major part of their fight plan.”