Software giants Microsoft has announced that they would be working with Linux supplier XenSource. The two companies plans to develop solutions to make it possible for users to run the upcoming version of Microsoft’s Windows server operating system on computers that are simultaneously running Linux software.

This is great news for the corporate sector as Microsoft is finally dropping its resistance to Linux. Microsoft as a result would get the help from XenSource to compete with VMware who are now the biggest supplier of “virtualization” software to the market.

Microsoft and XenSource together released a joint statement saying that they would work together on the development of technology that makes their respective “virtualization” software programs work side-by-side on the same computer.

Microsoft added that they expect to conduct a public trial of Windows Server virtualization by the end of this year.