:InformationWeek: Microsoft's Support Of Linux Shows Rising Importance Of Virtualization
InformationWeek: Microsoft's Support Of Linux Shows Rising Importance Of Virtualization Apr 10, 2006, 15 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (5455 reads)
"Microsoft stunned LinuxWorld attendees last week by pledging to support Linux virtual machines on its Virtual Server and revealing free virtual machine additions for Red Hat Linux and Novell SUSE Linux. It wasn't the only dogs-playing-with-cats kind of moment last week: Apple offered up software to let Windows run on Intel-based Macs.
"What's going on here? The answer is virtualization, the ability to much more easily carve up servers and PCs into compartments that can run multiple applications under different operating systems at the same time..."