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Microsoft gives away Virtual PC 2004 for free
by Jordan Running Jul 13th 2006 at 10:25AM
In what could be construed as a shot directly across VMware's bow, Microsoft has announced that as of now, Virtual PC 2004 is free. The virtualization software which, like VMware Server, allows many operating systems to run simultaneously on top of a host OS. Unfortunately it's only the Windows 2000/XP version of Virtual PC that's going free--the Mac version still has a price tag of $249. There's other good news, though: First, Microsoft has also announced that Virtual PC 2007 is in the works. Few details are available yet, but Windows Vista will be supported as both a host and guest OS, with support for 64-bit Vista and improved performance. Second, Microsoft will be loosening the license restrictions for enterprise customers and allowing up to four copies of Vista Enterprise Edition and Vista Ultimate to run on virtual machines for a single user.
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William C Bonner said 12:26PM on 7-13-2006
Haven't they been giving away Virtual Server for several months now? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/software/default.mspx
While it's nice that they went back and are giving away the workstation version, it's not like it's a new product.
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Diddle said 1:26PM on 7-13-2006
Hrm ... I just installed the 45 day trial version the other day, now to figure out if I just click the activation for free life long use...
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