It's the end of the line for Microsoft: sorry, Mr Gates, you've just been
Googled
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| The other big trend in 2007 will be 'virtualisation' - software which
| enables a single computer to run many different operating systems
| simultaneously. This makes sense for all kinds of reasons, but the
| most important is that the current generation of 'server farms' which
| power Google, Amazon, eBay, and so on are financially and
| environmentally unsustainable. Enormous sheds filled with thousands
| of servers consume too much power, and the only solution is to reduce
| the number of physical machines. Virtualisation makes that possible,
| which is why it's an irresistible technology.
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| And guess what? The Vista Eula (End User Licence Agreement) contains a
| clause which prohibits running the commonest versions of Vista under
| virtualisation software. Wonder if Gates ever heard of Canute?
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http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,,1980318,00.html
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