[But they are going to bundle it with the O/S, so who needs better
quality...]
Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 lags behind competition
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| Microsoft released its Virtual PC (VPC) 2007 virtualization software
| as freeware recently, and you definitely get what you pay for. VPC
| 2007 isn't Open Source, nor does it run on Linux. Linux isn't even
| mentioned as supported guest operating system, but since people
| have successfully run several Linux distributions through earlier
| versions of VPC, I decided to give it a go. After several hours
| of struggle, I found out why VPC 2007 doesn't claim to support
| Linux distros.
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http://software.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=07/03/10/0953255&from=rss
Related:
Friendly fire mixup: MS identifies Windows as Mac
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| In what might be described as a "Friendly Fire" incident, Microsoft
| software has identified a copy of Windows as a hostile operating system
| - belonging to enemy Apple forces.
|
| The host software, Virtual PC 2007, promptly disabled the intruder.
|
| It's not the first time Microsoft has incorrectly identified its own
| software - and shot it down.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft seems to have enormous problems with old stuff in general. In the
| Comes anti-trust case, it emerged that two dozen libraries were shipping
| with Windows, for which Microsoft couldn't produce the source code.
|
| Maybe the dog ate it?
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/09/friendly_fire_virtual_pc/
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
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
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