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Re: [Rival] Another Failure for Microsoft Virtualisation: Castrated Features

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____/ Rex Ballard on Friday 12 September 2008 21:55 : \____

> On Sep 12, 8:38 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> Microsoft Backtracks on Live Migration, Again
> 
>> | The delay means the software giant -- which is striving to win favor for
>> | its virtualization solution -- still lacks features long available from
>> | rivals.
> 
> Typical Microsoft strategy.  Promise all of the features of the
> competition, then
> fall short and claim that the other features are "unimportant" or
> "unnecessary"
> 
> Maybe, in 10 or 15 years, Microsoft will have virtualization that is
> almost as good as VMWare, with their full flexibility and support.
> 
> But Microsoft's vaporware tactics are often effective in delaying
> purchases, starving competitors of revenue, and giving Microsoft time
> to work out ways to contracturally exclude competitors through changes
> in license agreement.

http://www.kegel.com/remedy/archive/fullstory/vaporwre.PDF.gz
http://www.kegel.com/remedy/archive/fullstory/vaporwre.html.gz


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