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VMware: Another Netscape?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the into-the-fold dept.

An anonymous reader writes " This CRN article states that Microsoft is about to buy Connectix and enter the server consolidation market. Connectix makes virtual machines products that compete with those of VMware. Quote: 'The technology will be integrated into the Windows code, sources said.' Will Microsoft be able to pull this one off? Will their virtual machines run operating systems other than Microsoft's?"

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  1. What exactly is the benefit? by damien_kane · · Score: 0, Troll

    'The technology will be integrated into the Windows code, sources said."

    Ok... so I can run one instance of linux under the buggy WXP VPC code, requiring a $2000 PC and a $500 license, or I can grab one of the 486s out of the dumpster that I've seen a lot of people throw out and run one instance of linux under that at the same speed...

    Hmm... I wonder which I'd rather do?