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Microsoft Plans Hypervisor for Longhorn

Posted by Zonk on from the hand-me-the-hydrospanner dept.

ninjee writes "Microsoft reiterated plans to launch its own Windows-based 'hypervisor' software for running multiple operating systems. Bob Muglia, senior vice president in the Windows Server Division, said on Tuesday that the software will be 'built directly in Windows and will allow companies to virtualize multiple operating systems.' "

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  1. Xen and Vmware by cypherz · · Score: 0, Redundant

    From the Article:
    Microsoft's rival in this area is shaping up to be Xen. (snip) Xen doesn't yet support Windows, however.

    I thought Xen DID support an in-house version of XP that was ported with MS's help. Also, no mention of Vmware as a competitor. I don't think this will impact Vmware's market share very much. There was no indication in the article that it would support NON-windows OS's.

    Article gets low geek points: not enough technical detail!

    Who cares about that Windows stuff anyway? I'm gonna be running OS X on Intel next year! Woohoo!

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  2. Re:Good Luck by alexhs · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They can't seem to ever get their own operating system right how are they gonna emulate anyone else?

    Who said they would ?

    You will be able to run multiple instances of WinXP, Win2003 and Longhorn, that's what they mean by "multiple operating systems...

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