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Windows 7's XP Mode Could Boost Linux and The Mac
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| Last month, Microsoft announced that Windows 7 will include an XP Mode, which
| combines the company's desktop and presentation virtualisation technologies
| to serve up applications that won't run properly on Windows 7 from a virtual
| XP SP3 instance.
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| When I heard about XP Mode, I was immediately struck by the marketing
| benefits that the feature can provide for non-Windows platforms. That's
| because tapping desktop-based virtualisation as a bridge for Windows software
| compatibility gaps is one of the keys to achieving a smooth transition from
| Windows to a competing platform.
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http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/comment/windows-7-s-xp-mode-could-boost-linux-and-the-mac-941
Recent:
Windows 7: 83% Of Businesses Won't Deploy Next Year
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| The survey, of more than 1,100 IT professionals, is one of the first
| extensive looks at Windows 7's early sales prospects. It found that a
| whopping 83% of enterprises plan to skip the OS in its first year. While the
| business market typically tends toward caution when it comes to new products,
| the figure is nonetheless surprising given that almost no large companies
| migrated to Vista and as a result most have been using XP much longer than
| planned.
|
| [...]
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| The open source Linux OS also could benefit from slow uptake of Windows 7 in
| the enterprise market, as could Google's Android OS -- which some computer
| makers are reportedly testing as a netbook platform. Fifty percent of those
| surveyed by Dimensional Research said they've considered switching to a
| non-Windows OS to avoid Vista or Windows 7
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216500331&subSection=News
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