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Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 Removes Linux Support
Psykechan writes "MSFN has got themselves a beta of the new MS Virtual PC 2004 which should be out at the end of this year. Most notable in their 'fixes' is the removal of Linux, BSD, Netware, and Solaris from the supported OS list. They may still work, they just aren't supported. We all thought that this would happen after MS bought Connectix but this just makes it official."
We're all going to keep using VMware like we always have?
Gotcha.
Well their not a monopoly. I am glad the DOJ put the smack down on them.
I didn't use the preview button, so get over it!!!!
Mike
From the MSFT web site:
Microsoft Virtual PC is a powerful software virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple PC-based operating systems simultaneously on one workstation, providing a safety net to maintain compatibility with legacy applications while you migrate to a new operating system.
After saying that, it would be kinda embarrassing to mention that it supports Linux.
Save your wrists today - switch to Dvorak
Q. Why is there a delay between the end of sales for Connectix Virtual PC for Windows and the start of sales for the Microsoft version of Virtual PC?
A. Development work takes time, and we want to ensure a quality product for customers. Much of our development focus is on improving the security of the product so that it meets stringent Microsoft standards.
By that logic, doesn't that make you a zealot? Which would make me a zealot in turn, I suppose. My god, where does the vicious circle end?!?
By that logic, doesn't that make you a zealot?
Since when do zealots use logic!??!??!? What is this world coming too...
So yes Linus still works, at least to some extent. It is NO LONGER SUPPORTED.
Of course he still works, just not at Transmeta. And what are you doing calling Linus "it"? How dehumanizing. Also, I (and many other fans of Open Source) still support him!
Ahem... shouldn't that be GNU/Linus?
You could always run VPC inside you run Windows and inside that you run VMWARE with Linux. That would work :)
Rus
Cheap UK and US VPS
Too bad your research didn't forewarn you of the upcoming Borg attack on Connectix. It's not like we haven't known this was coming. Guess saving that hundred bucks wasn't such a good deal after all.
Expect MS to bundle this into their dev studio to try to lock out VMWare and further reduce the ways to run Linux.
No - it can't be. Just the other day Microsoft was saying that it's bad to lock people into a single vendor.
And of course if you look earlier in his post -
Did you even bother to finnish reading
Coincidence? I think not. He has it out for Linus.
What is she going to do? Ask for a raise?