Microsoft Creates Its Own Distribution Of FreeBSD Operating System
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Microsoft Creates Its Own Distribution Of FreeBSD Operating System
Microsoft has released its own FreeBSD distribution and offered official support to Azure users. The kernel level changes/investments made by Redmond will be up-streamed into the official FreeBSD 10.3 release. Justin T. Gibbs, the FreeBSD Foundation’s President, called its an important milestone for the community.
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Microsoft has created its own FreeBSD image. Repeat. Microsoft has created its own FreeBSD image
Microsoft has created its own cut of FreeBSD 10.3 in order to make the OS available and supported in Azure.
Jason Anderson, principal PM manager at Microsoft's Open Source Technology Center says Redmond “took on the work of building, testing, releasing and maintaining the image” so it could “ensure our customers have an enterprise SLA for their FreeBSD VMs running in Azure”.
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Microsoft Spins Its Own FreeBSD Image For The Cloud
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