A flurry of news sites yesterday carried the news that Microsoft were going to support Linux in Virtual Server 2005 R2. For example, Silicon quoted the story as Microsoft to 'virtually' support Linux - Operating Systems - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com, while Tristan Louis commented:

What we are seeing here is nothing short of a major revolution at Microsoft

Sadly the announcement is hardly news. In fact, I blogged about it (and my successes of having used Linux OS in Virtual Server for years) back in September 2005.