Microsoft just sent a huge patch to the Linux Kernel

1 · Fabio Alessandro Locati · July 26, 2009, midnight
In a historical twist, now Microsoft contributes to Linux Kernel. This fact can seem absurd, but Microsoft sent a 22k lines patch to better support Linux on Microsoft’s Hyper-V last week. On the one hand, we have to remember that Steve Balmer, Microsoft CEO, back in 2001 affirmed compared Linux and Open Source to cancer. On the other hand, it does make sense for Microsoft to ensure that Linux properly runs on Hyper-V, and there is no better way to do so than to commit the code themselves....