Microsoft's Next Virtual PC Will Run Linux

Fallen Kell writes "Contrary to previous reports, eWeek is reporting that Microsoft's new version of Virtual PC will support Linux as a virtual OS. I for one am very glad that MS did not strip out all the capability from this great product."

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I thought

[ErixTr]

Microsoft's next Virtual PC could run Linux only in Soviet Russia.

That's the embrace ...

[the bluebrain]

... next up: extend.

What this really means.

[planetjay]

So there's a new Linux Virus?

I'd guess that in the fine Microsoft tradition, they've figured out how to make their software crash Linux while making it (technically) Linux's fault. I mean, they are the masters of exploitaion.

See: Lotus 1-2-3 and DOS, WordPerfect and Windows, and (more recently) Netscape and Windows.

what happened to anti-trust?

[jtilak]

I still can't believe M$ was allowed to buy Connectix

Sounds like Netscape and Java to me?

[SailFly]

When Netscape was big, there was IE.
When Java was big, there was J++.
When JavaScript was big, there was VBScript.

Remember how MS played 'nice' with these competing technologies, just to get close enough to muddy the waters for the marketplace? Then all the security and performance issues became a big deal so MS effectively discredited these other technologies.

I wonder if MS is trying to get Linux in bed with Windows, just to be able to sabotage the security and performance, like it did with those other technologies?

Just a thought....

Re:Free room and board for the chickens, says the

[paganizer]

It's a big picture thing.
The Apple I & II rocked; everyone had competing hardware formats out, IBM, Timex, Commodore, even Tandy but Apple was just a cool thing started by a couple of geeks in a garage that worked better than the rest.
Then they came out with the Mac concept, and went from being a couple of cool guys to a Monopolistic Evil Empire, before Gates even had a shot at the title.
I at one time was preparing to try out apple again a few years ago when it looked like they were going to allow third parties to develop and sell parts, motherboards, etc...
But currently, I see no reason to even consider a hardware product that will not run the software I want to run, Whose users as a group over the years I have come to realize are just a bunch of extremely strange fanboys.
Truthfully, I'm at a loss why ANYONE would want one; The only reason I can think of is the anti-establishment mystique, the fanboy culture, the common knowledge that "if your VCR flashes 12:00, you should get a Mac, because you sure as hell won't be able to figure out a PC".
Not that I think there is anything wrong with the hardware technically; the PPC CPU is a great design, OSX is a good concept, and helps boost Linux, etc.
But you could have said the same thing about Amiga. or Next.
I guess I can't articulate it very clearly.