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They only thing they are contributing is their hv driver to make Linux run on Mircosoft HyperV. HyperV has to support Linux. And the major hv developer is a for

They only thing they are contributing is their hv driver to make Linux run on Mircosoft HyperV. HyperV has to support Linux. And the major hv developer is a former Novell employee.

darklajid 15y ago
While this is true (at least the part I can verify, no idea about personal things here), I'm genuinely curious why you want to point this out? The article says the same thing (contributing to the HyperV driver). Why is the job history of this guy of interest?
- KonradKlause 15y ago
  Because it's not Microsoft who is contributing. They just paying Linux Kernel developers to build a driver for their HyperV. So, Microsoft does not contribute to Linux. They make it just run on HyperV because some customers need this "feature".
  - robryan 15y ago
    Isn't this essentially the same way every company is contributing to Linux?
  - StrawberryFrog 15y ago
    > Because it's not Microsoft who is contributing. They just paying Linux Kernel developers So it's Microsoft employees as directed by their managers ... but not Microsoft? What is the distinction.
    - eropple 15y ago
      The distinction is "He doesn't like Microsoft, so he must attack and minimize their contributions to feel better."
- andrewcooke 15y ago
  two reasons. first, because of the historical animosity between ms and linux. second, because the contributions have appeared high in some site's "ranking" of contributions to linux 3.0. part of the article explains (poorly) that this is because the particular ranking was by number of commits, rather than significance (or number of lines changed). this isn't a criticism of the commits (linux prefers many small changes to one large one), but rather the ranking method used, which misleadingly implied that ms was making "major" contributions to linux. so the whole conversation is addressing a discussion elsewhere that is based on those two points: ms and linux are traditionally "enemies"; "ms" was misleadingly represented as making major contributions to linux 3.

They only thing they are contributing is their hv driver to make Linux run on Mircosoft HyperV. HyperV has to support Linux. And the major hv developer is a former Novell employee.

darklajid 15y ago

While this is true (at least the part I can verify, no idea about personal things here), I'm genuinely curious why you want to point this out? The article says the same thing (contributing to the HyperV driver). Why is the job history of this guy of interest?

KonradKlause 15y ago
Because it's not Microsoft who is contributing. They just paying Linux Kernel developers to build a driver for their HyperV. So, Microsoft does not contribute to Linux. They make it just run on HyperV because some customers need this "feature".
- robryan 15y ago
  Isn't this essentially the same way every company is contributing to Linux?
- StrawberryFrog 15y ago
  > Because it's not Microsoft who is contributing. They just paying Linux Kernel developers So it's Microsoft employees as directed by their managers ... but not Microsoft? What is the distinction.
  - eropple 15y ago
    The distinction is "He doesn't like Microsoft, so he must attack and minimize their contributions to feel better."
andrewcooke 15y ago
two reasons. first, because of the historical animosity between ms and linux. second, because the contributions have appeared high in some site's "ranking" of contributions to linux 3.0. part of the article explains (poorly) that this is because the particular ranking was by number of commits, rather than significance (or number of lines changed). this isn't a criticism of the commits (linux prefers many small changes to one large one), but rather the ranking method used, which misleadingly implied that ms was making "major" contributions to linux. so the whole conversation is addressing a discussion elsewhere that is based on those two points: ms and linux are traditionally "enemies"; "ms" was misleadingly represented as making major contributions to linux 3.