news.com.com — Microsoft reiterated plans to launch its own Windows-based "hypervisor" software for running multiple operating systems.Bob Muglia, senior vice president in the Windows Server Division, said on Tuesday that the software will be "built directly in Windows and will allow companies to virtualize multiple operating systems. " (slashdot)
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kylegoetzJun 8, 2005
Translation: Longhorn is not enough of an OS to stand on its own.
vladdracJun 8, 2005
No, the translation is that Microsoft doesn't want people dual (or multiple) booting their systems. If you run an alternative OS, Microsoft wants you to do it IN Windows. That keeps Windows the dominate platform.
infra172Jun 8, 2005
A story with "Microsoft" in the description. Watch as the losers with anti-Microsoft rhetoric crawl out of their parent's basement to post things like "Longhorn is not enough of an OS to stand on its own" or "sounds like a IT nightmare".What if Microsoft cured cancer? I'm sure we'd have someone say "Microsoft must be afraid that death is going to take away their customers" or "Sounds like a medical nightmare. Unless it can cure AIDS too, I have no interest."Get a life.
jmccormJun 8, 2005
How many megaBSODs can this new architecture perform in a second? Is that a burst rate, or sustained? How can I know that it'll BSOD reliably?
ncampJun 8, 2005
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kz_pugzJun 8, 2005
By "other" OS's they are referring to older version of windows. I cant wait to run 3.1 on top of longhorn.
leehordJun 8, 2005
Microsoft has dropped the ball with this one, to me it seems they are admitting that Longhorn may not be able to run older Windows apps natively, instead they fix the problem by relying on emulation. I do know some people that use very old Windows apps, but I can see this as a feature that won't be used by most users. If you need to run another OS on top of Windows then buy Virtual PC/VM Ware. Including this as part of the OS is only going to create problems and possibly confusion for end users.