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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/227967/microsoft_hyperv_now_supports_linuxbased_centos.html

Microsoft has added support for another Linux server distribution with its Hyper-V virtualization software, its latest move to compete better with virtualization market leader VMware.

Check out this article. It’s great to see Microsoft continuing the investment and extending the platforms supported under it’s Hyper-V. I’m genuinely pleased to see further innovation in the virtualization/hypervisor space, let us not forget the more competition and options available, the more we can find the right solution for me and my business.

That Microsoft expands its portfolio of supported virtual operating systems allows users more choice for testing or running the mixture of systems they need in their business and creates more opportunity for Hyper-V as a virtualization platform, as ever for my colleagues who remain aligned to VMware, Hyper-V might not offer the scalability and functionality that ESX might, but it’s getting just good enough for many which is all that matters going forward. May the innovation of the platform both in terms of open standards, enhanced scale and ease of use continue.

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