Although very much of Windows, Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer said Microsoft will enable companies to manage more types of computers more simply, including computers running Linux.
US Pacific Time Zone Time this Wednesday, Ballmer said that Microsoft has listened to the customer's request: better support non-Windows computers in Operations Manager software. He also said that in the Virtual Server service package introduced later this year, Microsoft will strengthen support for virtual machines running Linux.
When Bauer made a topic on Wednesday, Microsoft's representative demonstrated the Virtual Server running the Red Hat Enterprise Linux instance. Ballmer said that this is an important ability for our Virtual Server customers.
Although the current version can run Linux or other operating system, Microsoft plans to add support services in this upgrade package. Microsoft also shows Microsoft Operations Manager that controls the Solaris server.
Microsoft is responsible for the general manager of the infrastructure server marketing, Cori, said Microsoft's goal is to ensure that Windows can become the most cost-effective solution for any number of Windows, non-Windows computers.
Ballmer also talked about the release time of desktop and server version Longhorn, the server version of the release time will be six months after the desktop version. Since the server version operating system requires a longer test time, this program has considerable challenging.
