>Virtual Game Station stalled and disappeared right after Sony bought it,
Well, yeah... they never wanted it to exist in the first place. And when they lost their lawsuit to shut it down, they just did the next option, buy it, tie an old PC to it, and chuck it in the East River. >few people seem to >know that Connectix released PC versions of VPC, allowing the use of >multiple environments simultaneously on one PC (and fast too as there's >no processor emultation). THAT is what M$ bought. Yes, MS made no bones about the fact that what they wanted was the *almost* released VPC Server for the PC. They want to go up against Applix's VMWare which is starting to get a good following in the server world for the reasons you mention. Hopefully MS will realize that they stand to gain nothing by killing VPC for the Mac. Right now, VPC means more windows licenses sold to people who otherwise wouldn't buy one. If they kill it, they force the people to buy a WinPC instead. No matter how you slice it, this means fewer Windows sales. Some Mac users will buy a WinPC (and may not buy a mac at all), and others will buy a Mac AND a PC, and some will just not bother with windows at all. But all those add up to a max that is less than the number buying Windows when VPC is available. What I am sure will end up happening over time is VPC will become bloated, unstable, and resource hungry. As well as stop emulating a PC so much as just emulating Windows. Basically, it will become what SoftWindows was. This is a shame as VPC's charm to many was that it was a fully emulated PC and NOT just Windows running on a Mac. Of course, the whole thing could become irrelivant if Apple releases OS X for the Intel chipset. Then Apple can release "Classic/Intel" and let users run PC OSes directly, skipping the need for VPC entirely (I'm sure its a bit more complicated than that, but once they are on the platform, they are half way there). >Now the bright side: there will be room for competition on the mac (other >emulators disappeared because VPC was better, this won't stay so if VPC >vanishes or reaches M$-level quality). And I'm sure RealPC or SoftWindows will make a comeback if for nothing else than to capture the "I don't do MS" market. -chris <http://www.mythtech.net> ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
