Will VMWare impact Windows dominance?

September 24th, 2007 • Related • Filed Under

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The runaway success of VMware, a company whose products allow computers to run several operating systems at the same time, is posing a growing threat to Microsoft and its dominant Windows operating system. VMware Inc. specializes in so-called “virtualization” software that works with a computer’s hardware to create “virtual” machines that exist simultaneously and run different operating systems that can be accessed as needed. Virtualization allows one computer to do the work of several, a big potential cost savings for computer users and businesses that use computer servers. I don’t know about this, does it not in effect commoditize

Windows as a platform? Is this not better for Microsoft? That before as a business line/application owner I was restricted by the server hardware, how many servers I had, what their specifications were, in a virtual world, with the right infrastructure/cost model in place, it’s buying a service, an instance, “another virtual server please” one new Windows license and a virtual instance is created. In essence, the previous barriers to entry have been limited meaning more servers, creating a development environment for Vista for example need not need budget, hardware, sign off, simply some new virtual instances. Check this article out, it’s an interesting read.

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