Microsoft Loosens The Reins On Server Virtualization Technology29.10.2007 00:02 Computers Microsoft wants its partners and customers to know they won't risk legal action for using a key application programming interface for Viridian, the vendor's eagerly awaited server virtualization technology. On Wednesday, Microsoft added the hypercall API for the Viridian hypervisor to the Open Specification Promise, a designation aimed at encouraging third party development which applies to a handful of the software giant's Web services, security, Office XML, robotics, and virtualization technologies. Microsoft believes that having the hypercall API under the OSP umbrella will spur organizations to extend and integrate their offerings with Windows Server 2008 and Viridian.
Now that the hypercall API is covered by the OSP, "any individual or organization is free to implement, commercialize and modify Microsoft's virtualization format technology for free, now and forever," according to a Microsoft spokesperson. Simon Crosby, chief technology officer and co-founder of Xensource, now part of Citrix, says today's move will help to ensure compatibility between virtual machines created on XenServer and Windows server virtualization. Full story: CRN Source: msfn.orgwww.alllee.com |
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