MS' Virtual PC 2004

[Julio Franco]

Microsoft has set a $129 price for Virtual PC 2004 and said developers will get the virtualization product as part of their Microsoft Developer Network subscription.

Virtual PC allows users to run multiple operating systems on the same computer simultaneously. It supports most x86 compatible operating systems, including Linux, although it is optimized for Microsoft's own Windows software and the IBM OS/2 operating system, according to Carla Huffman, product manager for Virtual PC at Microsoft.

Read more: PC World.

 

[Didou]

Microsoft nixing official Virtual PC support for UNIX, Linux
Of course, with something like Virtual PC or VMWare, you could do the same in reverse: run instances of Windows on top of a Linux server, for example. With the next version of Virtual PC, you won't be doing that with any official support, as Microsoft has pulled official support for non-Windows OSes from Virtual PC

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