Microsoft's Uphill Battle
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| VMware Inc. recently woke up Microsoft Corp. with a computer technology
| that is disrupting the status quo in the computer-server business. Now
| VMware is hoping people like John Halamka will keep the nine-year-old
| company from getting trampled by the stirring giant.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118280995487747653.html?mod=yahoo_hs&ru=yahoo
Microsoft will soon be trying to kill VMWare (just as it reacted to Netscape).
Google abstains from blades, VMware and the rest of the hype
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| Blade servers, virtualization software and fancy accelerators might be all
| the rage in the server business, but Google doesn't want any part of the
| hype.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/25/google_barroso_datacenter/page2.html
Related:
A Software Maker [VMWare] Goes Up Against Microsoft
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| When quizzed on Microsoft's plans, Mr. Ballmer replied, "Our view is
| that virtualization is something that should be built into the
| operating system."
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/technology/24soft.html?ex=1172898000&en=bbca645a927ef7f8&ei=5099&partner=TOPIXNEWS
http://tinyurl.com/35jkur
Ubuntu on [Microsoft's] Virtual PC 2007 - No way dude!
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| A number of people have asked me whether it's possible to install
| Linux onto a Virtual PC 2007 virtual machine. Well, since I had
| an Ubuntu ISO on my desktop I decided to give it a go.
|
| The short answer is no. It won't. I thought that it might but
| my optimism was short-lived. The graphics are all messed up.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=273
That's where they use a Novell-type deal for extortion (hypevisor compatibility
only if you pay Microsoft 'tax').
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| The restrictions on virtualization were discussed here a couple of
| months ago, but now the more people are waking up to the EULA restrictions.
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| MS claims it is "necessary for security reasons" and that only the "most
| technically savvy users, or people in companies with tech support,
| probably could handle Vista in virtualization programs, while home users
| should be steered away."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070222/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_virtual_vista_2
Is need for control behind Microsoft's flip-flop?
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| Meanwhile, Gartner analyst Michael Silver took Microsoft to task
| for its continued restrictions.
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| "Microsoft's policies...come off as a way to gouge customers," Silver
| said in an e-mail, noting that customers are forced to pay for higher
| priced editions, even though they don't get many of the benefits, like
| the Aero user interface, which often won't work in a virtual machine.
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| Silver argues that Microsoft is likely leaving money on the table.
| "Allowing use of lower priced (editions) could even be worth more
| money to Microsoft as it would likely increase the number of people
| that would legally run a Microsoft OS in a VM (like on a Mac),"
| Silver wrote. "Eventually they will have no choice but to make their
| peace with virtualization."
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9733433-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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