Virtual PC goes free

Cool news for SharePoint developers who depend on virtualization to build solutions, or anyone who wants to get into the game. This just in from MSDN:

"Virtual PC 2004 is now completely free and now opens up a new realm of possibilities.

Even better news for corporate customers who have Software Assurance on their client OS will be that on top of getting Vista Enterprise with free Virtual PC, they will be allowed to run up to 4 instances of the OS on their system at no extra cost. Now a developer can test on different platforms or ensure that their tests are run against systems that mimics the production systems. They can also use a virtual environment for legacy application development and testing. Check out the Windows Virtual PC site for more details on the announcements."