First and Ten: Linux 2.6.20 Kernel Goes Virtual
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| "Xen is a true hypervisor, whereas KVM is a legacy virtualization
| solution akin to VMware Workstation, VMserver and Microsoft
| Virtual PC," Pratt told internetnews.com. "It lacks the benefits
| of para-virtualization performance enhancements that have been
| pioneered by Xen and are now being copied by VMware and Microsoft."
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http://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3658001
Related:
NT influenced by Unix
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| (Gates:) "And through Windows NT, you can see it throughout the design.
| In a weak sense, it is a form of Unix. There are so many of the
| design decisions that have been influenced by that environment. And
| that's no accident."
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http://aplawrence.com/Unixart/gates_quote.html
Microsoft patents BlueJ
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| * Feature copying
| * Fear of Microsoft
| * Microsoft's Patent Claim
| * Ethics
| ...
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http://www.bluej.org/mrt/?p=21
The Redmond Copying Machine?
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| My recent video, which tweaked Microsoft for crowing about its
| "innovation" in Windows Vista (without acknowledging its huge debt
| to Mac OS X), triggered plenty of reaction. It probably comes as no
| surprise that your comments quickly devolved into "which is better"
| bickering, which will proably never end.
|
| [...]
|
| Then this e-mail message, which arrived today from a guy who says
| he worked as a Microsoft temp employee from 2003 to 2004. I've
| agreed not to publish his name.
|
| [...]
|
| "Around the corner was another grid, showing the RealPlayer
| application. This grid was the same: grid A1 was the front userv
| iew of the application, mirroring what was on the iTunes wall/grid.
|
| "Around the next corner was another grid, this one showing Windows
| Media Player version 9 !! This one was missing a few tiles in the
| grid, but you could actually see the progress as each feature [of
| iTunes and RealPlayer] was copied, square for square.
|
| "Amazing. New software is put out, a manager sees it and decides that the
| creative part of their day is making color screen captures of the
| software and presenting it to the copying--er, engineering team."
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http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/18/the-redmond-copying-machine/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNuq94Zg_8
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