Microsoft and Red Hat might disagree on some things but as far as virtualization goes they have aligned their operating systems and hypervisor technology so that they will interoperate. The two companies said they have completed testing and validation and that they fully support virtualization environments that combine Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4.
"It was a fairly big deal [in February 2009], there had never been an interoperability agreement between Microsoft and Red Hat," said Mike Evans, vice president of corporate development for Red Hat. Evans emphasized there was no financial arrangement, patent licensing or other deals. More at ComputerWorld
"It was a fairly big deal [in February 2009], there had never been an interoperability agreement between Microsoft and Red Hat," said Mike Evans, vice president of corporate development for Red Hat. Evans emphasized there was no financial arrangement, patent licensing or other deals. More at ComputerWorld