Microsoft aims at VMware's virtualization lead
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| Windows accounts for about two-thirds of the market for computer-server
| operating systems, by shipments, but Microsoft is considered a laggard in
| virtualization to allow servers to run Linux or Unix operating systems
| alongside its own software.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6206641.html
Battle of the free server virtualization tools
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| VMware Server runs on standard 32-bit hardware, although it supports guest
| machines that are running 64-bit editions of popular operating systems such
| as Windows, Solaris and Linux. You can do virtual multiprocessing using
| VMware's Virtual Symmetric Multiprocessing (SMP) feature, and you can also
| capture the state of any particular virtual machine and subsequently roll it
| back at any time. This is useful for testing new features of software or for
| building baseline test environments.
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/090607-battle-of-the-free-server.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news
Solarflare Demonstrates Line Rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet for Virtual Machines with
XenEnterprise v4 at VMworld
http://lxer.com/module/newswire/view/92097/index.html
Related:
Microsoft flip-flops on Vista virtualization
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| Software like Parallels Desktop for the Mac or Microsoft's own Virtual
| PC for Windows allow multiple operating systems to run simultaneously.
| When it announced licensing rules for Vista last year, Microsoft said
| that only Vista Business and Vista Ultimate could run as guest
| operating systems. The company said virtualization presents inherent
| security risks and that it hoped by limiting which versions of the OS
| could act as virtual machines, only sophisticated users and businesses
| would employ the tactic.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6191787.html
Microsoft Says No Windows Virtualization on Top of Linux
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| Microsoft will not allow Windows Vista or Windows XP to be virtualized on top
| of Linux, Sam Ramji, the director of Microsoft's open-source software lab,
| said at the annual LinuxWorld Conference and Expo here Aug. 7.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2168183,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
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
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
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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
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.
|
| "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.
|
| 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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