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Linux Is All You Need to Bring Windows Back from the Dead

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Cool G5
Cool G5 Original post #1
Nov 22, 2007 at 2:01 PM
Linux Is All You Need to Bring Windows Back from the Dead - Courtesy of Microsoft

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In a variety of contexts, Microsoft is not sparing any effort to bridge the gap that separates its proprietary Windows operating system from the open source Linux platform. From the Linux-Windows interoperability
agreements to the extensions introduced to virtualization support, the Redmond company is embracing Linux
more and more. And believe it or not, but this hardly stops here. In fact, the latest initiative from Microsoft designed to use Linux in tandem with Windows involves data recovery. Jamie Cannon, OSS/Community Manager at Microsoft pointed to a technical analysis describing in minute detail various techniques that permit the recovery of Windows data via Linux.

Source : *news.softpedia.com/news/Linux-Is-All-You-Need-To-Bring-Windows-Back-From-the-Dead-71533.shtml
praka123
Nov 22, 2007 at 4:13 PM
hmm...i dont know what they are upon!
iMav
iMav #3
Nov 22, 2007 at 4:18 PM
MS has its own oss research facility :p
Gigacore
Nov 22, 2007 at 5:49 PM
"Linux-Windows interoperability" sounds different
bikdel
bikdel #5
Nov 22, 2007 at 6:09 PM
well it falls down to all good if the gaps start narrowing.... :)
NucleusKore
Nov 22, 2007 at 6:15 PM
They must be up to something, that too with data recovery, hmm