Rivals Launch Competing Windows-on-Mac Products
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| Among the improvements in VMware's Fusion is its ability to
| run Windows-designed 3-D gaming software on a Mac, said Dan
| Chu, VMware's vice president of emerging products and markets.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20070304/tc_pcworld/129582
Some context below. Microsoft manipulates the market using its operating
system illegally-obtained-and-sustained monopoly.
Related:
A Software Maker 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
Virtual PC and the Value of Free
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| Yesterday's release of Virtual PC 2007 continues a longstanding
| Microsoft trend: Give away free something valuable to gain market
| share against a dominant competitor.
|
| [...]
|
| Lower cost is a good tactic, but Microsoft has done much better with
| free--and really valuable technology. Probably the best-known example
| is Internet Explorer, which Microsoft integrated into Windows
| during the browser wars with Netscape. While Netscape had to
| separately sell its product, Microsoft could give away its
| competing software for free. Microsoft regarded its Web browser
| as adding value to Windows, so it gave away the technology as
| a way of enhancing the appeal of the operating system and
| subsequently sales. On the server, Microsoft took on Netscape
| software by giving away for free FrontPage (for creating Web
| sites) and Internet Information Server (for hosting Websites).
|
| Windows Media Player is another example. Microsoft invested
| $500 million developing Windows Media Player 9 Series, which
| the company gave away for free with Windows XP. Other
| companies, such as RealNetworks, charged for their digital
| media products. Microsoft's bundled the software, for free,
| as way of enhancing Windows' appeal. Like Netscape and other
| developers, Real had to give away--and open-source--its core
| digital media technology in response to Microsoft's free software.
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/operating_systems/virtual_pc_and_the_value_of_free.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
http://tinyurl.com/3826f6
Ubuntu on 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
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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.
|
| 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
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