The confusion is about the word "support". It will be supported in a way that it will not be intentionally blocked. It will be supported in the way that if you bring MS hard evidence that their software has bugs, or that the bugs are not on the Linux side, they will repair it (in their half-hearted way, I assume). I will *not* be supported in this way : it will not be QAed against Linux in Redmond before product release.
Sure, it's an important difference, and if I had to buy (and pay) for such a product I would have gone with VMWare. But for the hobbyist, it's not much of a difference. Shachar Tal Verint Systems > -----Original Message----- > From: Oleg Goldshmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 5:40 PM > To: Linux-IL mailing list > Subject: Re: EULA on free software? > > > "Tal, Shachar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > BTW - This just in: MS Virtual PC 2004 (aka Connectix 5.2's > successor) will > > have Linux support. > > Read all about it at > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/11/0448214&mode=threa d&tid=109&tid= > 187 Uh? I've RTFAed: the article carries a clear statement from M$ that Linux will *not* be supported. It will probably run (it is probably kinda difficult to cripple the virtualization engine to distinguish between guest OSes), but will not be supported. This is a big differentiation from VMWare, IMHO. I have never used Connectix, I got an impression that they did support Linux guests. If that is correct, then M$ did drop support for Linux in their product. -- Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] This electronic message contains information from Verint Systems, which may be privileged and confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by replying to this email. ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
