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Microsoft Providing Virtual Server Free

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the right-price dept.

liliafan writes "In an effort to gain a market majority over VMware Microsoft announced it is giving Virtual Server away for free, additionally they will provide customer support for Linux. In a related move VMware have opened their partition file format to the community, aggressive and suprising moves in the virtualisation market."

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  1. well... by jaya+ballard+T.M. · · Score: -1, Troll

    I, for one, welcome our new monopolistic software giant overlords. oh, carp! they were already our monopolistic software giant overlords.

  2. Re:wow, more echoes from the past by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    you mean, you paid for home edition? no, you paid for windows?

    what a chump

  3. Eeh... by jamesgamble · · Score: 0, Troll

    I think this has been blown out of proportion a bit. Sure, Microsoft is going to support getting Linux running, but so what. If they support Virtual Server, they have to be able to support everything that can run on it. I don't see what the big deal is other than Linux purests saying "OMG, Micr0$0ft i$ $upp0rting Linux! LOLz0rz! HAHA". Come on, it's stupid, it's annoying, and no one cares.

  4. Re:wow, more echoes from the past by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Mod parent fascist.