Microsoft Clarifies Its Virtual PC Positioning

Microsoft released to manufacturing Virtual PC 2004, one piece of the Connectix product line the Redmond software vendor acquired back in February. The extent to which Microsoft will support non-Windows operating systems with the product has been a source of confusion. It seems Microsoft will allow customers to run Linux, OS/2 and "almost any other" X86-based "guest" operating systems, but not support those non-Microsoft guests. At least that's our reading of Microsoft's latest attempt to explain what they're doing. But first and foremost,Microsoft is positioning Virtual PC as a way for its own customer base to migrate to the latest version of Windows.

Source : Eweek