The Next Round in the Virtualization Wars

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday July 12, 2006 @04:23PM from the in-this-corner dept.

GvG writes "After making Virtual Server available for free some time ago, Microsoft announced today it is offering Virtual PC as a free (as in beer) download. They also announced a change to the Vista license related to virtualization: Customers who deploy Windows Vista Enterprise have the ability to install up to four (4) copies of the operating system in a virtual machine for a single user on a single device. Even better, nothing in the license requires that Microsoft Virtualization technologies be used - if you want to use a competing product as your Virtualization solution, you still get the four extra licenses for use with VMs."

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Yes, but... by gardyloo · 2006-07-12 16:29 · Score: 4, Funny

... does it run... aw, fuckitall.

*head asplode*
4 BSODs for the price of one... by EmbeddedJanitor · 2006-07-12 16:33 · Score: 4, Funny

What a bargain!

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Might have made a difference... by SFSouthpaw · 2006-07-12 16:45 · Score: 4, Funny

If VMWare didn't have a, IMHO, better solution.

The only reason MS is doing this, is because they are desperately trying to save a business that's in more trouble than Ronald McDonald cartwheeling through Baghdad.

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