“IT managers looking for relief from the high cost of
maintaining multiple desktop environments can turn to a variety of
new utilities for juggling operating systems….“
“The VMware software allows organizations to run multiple
operating systems on a single machine. Customers start by
installing a primary operating system as usual–either Windows NT,
Windows 2000, or Linux–and then install VMware on top of the
primary operating system. VMware creates a virtual machine on top
of the primary operating system, and users then install the
additional operating systems on top of the VMware virtual machine.
Additional operating systems can be Linux, Windows NT, Windows
2000, or Windows 9x.”
“The new version of the software, due out in February, will
include support for additional devices, as well as performance
increases….”