From: "Rich Gauszka" 

I doubt you'll see any direct statement from Microsoft. MS does plan to
include their Viridian hypervisor in future offerings though and VMware has
been crying foul for months. Although VMware does seem a bit more upset
with Microsoft's licensing restrictions

http://www.crn.com/software/197008888

"Their tactics are focused on software licensing and distribution
terms for SQL Server, Exchange, Windows Server, Vista and through the APIs
and formats for virtualized Windows," according to the white paper,
which highlights seven ways Microsoft is allegedly forcing customers to its
own solution.


"Robert Comer"  wrote in
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>I have yet to see a Microsoft spokesman say that so I can't tell...
>
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> Bob Comer
>
>
> On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:42:32 -0400, mike  wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 08:08:57 -0400, Robert Comer
>> wrote:
>>
>>>>I've read Microsoft spokespeople firmly stating that
Microsoft wants to
>>>>control the interface to the hardware, and not run on top of a
>>>>hypervisor.
>>>
>>>??  They're making their own hypervisor *and* supporting other
>>>hypervisors.
>>
>>
>>You mean a Microsoft spokesperson lied?
>>
>>The horror!
>>
>> /m

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