https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/2/9/534
Building on the original kSplice idea and combining the efforts of the work done at Red Hat and SuSE, common infrastructure is now ready to be put into the Linux 3.20 mainline kernel – Red Hat and SuSE have already committed to using this.
I still reckon it’s freaky trickery, but heck – it works, and it’s great for server environments that have no redundancy (I prefer to fix that issue!) and can’t afford any downtime.
CloudBees raises $10.5m. Microsoft commits $100m to SUSE. And more.
# CloudBees secured $10.5m in Series B venture funding.
# Microsoft renewed its vows with Attachmate’s SUSE business unit, committing to invest $100m in new SUSE Linux Enterprise certificates over the next four years.
# Oracle announced that it has acquired Ksplice, twhioch offers zero downtime update technology for Linux.
# Ingres announced that Steve Shine has been named Chief Executive Officer and President.
# Dell …
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