MS is a bit late to the "virtualized" Linux support, but MS does have such a large Hyper-V Windows market, that it could still take off in the Linux market. read a briefed article on this topic here <a href="http://www.hypervhd.com/lounge-off-topic-f9/microsoft-to-hook-hyper-v-into-open-source-cloud-platform-t1685.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hypervhd.com/lounge-off-topic-f9/microsoft-to-hoo...</a>