On Oct 12, 2004, at 10:54 PM, Larry le Mac wrote:
From: Steve Fuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/products/virtualpc/virtualpc.aspx? pid=whichver
I'm sure it will run Linux just fine.
Are you seriously telling me that you think M$ will sell a version of VPC that will allow faultless running of Linux etc ?
VPC will no longer be a PC emulator the way it was under Connectix, it will be much more like SoftWindows (remember ?).
I hate them for it, but if I was them I'd probably do the same.
Well, here is the thing, it would take WORK to break the ability to boot Linux and other OSes that they just don't want to spend. What you aren't going to see is VPC additions for anything other than Windows-based OSes, and absolutely no help when creating a new drive. Beyond that, MS would have to do a fair amount of work to truly disable other OSes that just doesn't make business sense.
The main question is WHY did M$ grab VPC? There isn't any reason except that VPC's ability to run non-M$ operating systems was a threat. Connectix had a version of VPC that ran under Windoze and the only way M$ could kill or control that was to grab VPC away from Connectix. It is also instructive to note that M$ did not hire the VPC programmers; just a few token ones to help with the transition.
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