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February 19th, 2003, 01:42 PM
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| Uh Oh. MS acquiring Connectix... To filed under "damn"... Read all about it I wonder if they will "knife the baby" as they like to say, and kill the Mac version of Virtual PC. At the very least, I doubt they will continue to sell a version without Windows bundled. I sure hope Apple is working on a replacement for this (if it's true)...
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February 19th, 2003, 01:46 PM
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| Oh dear. Hopefuly they'll split off their Mac division or something...
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February 19th, 2003, 02:37 PM
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| Get what you deserve. Well, in all honestly, no one can really be mad if Microsoft does drop Virtual PC for Mac ... seeing that Apple bought Emagic and Shake and ceased new releases of both products for Windows. |
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February 19th, 2003, 02:42 PM
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| http://news.com.com/2100-1001-985149.html?tag=fd_top that link mentions... Quote:
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February 19th, 2003, 02:42 PM
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| I could see MS stopping shipping of the DOS and no OS bundled versions, but why stop shipping a product that needs a windows license? MS still has alot of business apps that only run on windows that mac users can't use and wouldnt' switch platforms just for that app, so it's a way for them to sell more MS products to someone with a Mac on their desk. MS sell's software, so why stop making software that runs their software... After all, MS makes their money on the licenses for windows that you buy for your PC, it's the same license, and same money no matter if you're running on a physical hardware or virtual. Brian
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February 19th, 2003, 02:49 PM
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| If it's bad news... it must be bad news for Intel... MS is not bound to the hardware anymore... (just dreaming). And what about the other Windows OS: CE, automotive,...
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February 19th, 2003, 02:52 PM
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| Yes, Microsoft certainly has _some_ level of interest to sell Windows licenses with copies of Virtual PC. But then again, I'm not so sure that MS will drive VPC development as good and fast as Connectix has in the past. The MacBU doesn't seem big enough right now. Question is: Does MS want to save the MacBU by _investing_ in Macintosh software development or do they want to slowly let it die... For now: VPC 6 works fine afaik. And it will continue to do so for now.
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February 19th, 2003, 02:55 PM
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