Even if Apple didn’t sue, others in other lawsuits could point to what MS did to Apple as proof of their anticompetitive conduct. for the mac would just create antitrust problems. The man has more money and market share than God and I don’t think he would kill the mac for more. Second, I don’t think Bill Gates wants to cripple the mac. So it’s hard to say MS bought VPC to cripple the mac. OSNews surely hopes that Microsoft will continue to support OS/2 and MacOSX after the purchase of the Connectix assets.įirst, it seems that the purchase of VPC was secondary to the other things MS was after. “ Virtual PC just takes that to the next level–you can now be compatible with applications that only run on the PC.“.
#CONNETIX VIRTUAL PC MAC OS X#
“ Mac OS X applications (are the) best solution for heavy access to applications (like Office),” said Tim McDonough, director of marketing for Microsoft’s Macintosh Business Unit. Update: A Microsoft executive said the company did not purchase the software to kill it, nor does Microsoft plan to stop developing its native Macintosh software, such as the Mac OS X version of Office. If Microsoft decides to not continue supporting the Mac platform, Apple could be facing a big blow, as Virtual PC is among the most important apps in the Mac land and a “bridge” between the two platforms.
Bochs is getting better by the day, but it is nowhere near the capabilities and the user experience Virtual PC offers today. Please note that VMWare can not run on any architecture other than x86 while the Bochs emulator is extremely slow when compared to Virtual PC and is neither as flexible, easy to use or as good/compliant with x86 and its peripheral hardware. Virtual PC is strategically an important application for Apple as it allows users to run applications that are tied to Windows that could potentially be important for these users.
#CONNETIX VIRTUAL PC FOR MAC#
We don’t know the fate of Virtual PC for Mac which allows Mac users to run Windows on their Macs.
The technology will be integrated into the Windows code, sources said. Connectix also makes Virtual PC for Windows, Virtual PC for Mac and Virtual PC for OS/2, which allows customers to run multiple operating systems on a PC. “ They see a market in server consolidation and they want a piece of it,” said one source familiar with the deal. Update: Read more for info on the fate of the MacOSX version. The software giant, which is expected to formally unveil the deal Thursday, will use the technology to allow customers to carve out multiple partitions on a single Intel-based server, allowing them to run multiple instances of a single operating system and multiple workloads. Microsoft plans to take a giant leap into the server consolidation space this week by announcing the acquisition of virtual server software company Connectix.
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