Topic: Red Hat and Microsoft Expand Server Virtualization Interoperability

[Nemesis]

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Red Hat and Microsoft Expand Server Virtualization Interoperability

In response to strong customer demand, Red Hat and Microsoft have signed reciprocal agreements to enable increased interoperability for the companies' virtualization platforms. Each company will join the other's virtualization validation/certification program and will provide technical support for their mutual server virtualization customers.

Key components of the agreement:

    * Red Hat will validate Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows 2000 Server SP4, and Windows Server 2008 guests on Red Hat Enterprise virtualization technologies.

    * Microsoft will validate Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 and 5.3 guests on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (all editions) and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008.

    * Once each company completes testing, customers with valid support agreements will receive cooperative technical support for:
          o running Windows Server operating system virtualized on Red Hat Enterprise virtualization, and
          o running Red Hat Enterprise Linux virtualized on Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

    * Future versions of products from both companies are also planned to be validated under these agreements.

    * The agreements contain no patent or open source licensing components.

    * The agreements contain no financial clauses, other than industry-standard certification/validation testing fees.

[toasty0]

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