VMware Gives Microsoft the Touch of Death
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| IDC analyst Stephen Elliot agreed that Microsoft, of Redmond, Wash., has been
| slow out of the virtualization gate, maybe out of fear that the technology
| would hurt software license sales.
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| "Microsoft may not have understood the business model of virtualization.
| Their executives may have been fearful of the impact of this trend on their
| core business," he said.
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http://www.channelinsider.com/article/VMware+Gives+Microsoft+the+Touch+of+Death/215251_1.aspx
Microsoft will prebundle its software to fight VMWare. It's like Netscape and
Real Networks all over again.
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
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