Stan Beer
Wednesday, 16 July 2008 16:34
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Technology
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So will this apply to both business and consumer desktops?
"Absolutely, that's where we believe we'll start to go," says Harapin.
"A product we have, Fusion, allows you to run all of your Windows or
open source software on your Macintosh as if it was built for the Mac
and you can't tell any difference in the way it runs.
"We see that as the first step to seeing hypervisor based desktop
hardware where you buy your hardware and you buy your applications
which just happen to be virtual appliances."
So the operating system as we know it becomes obsolete? Yes, according to Harapin.
"The operating system becomes just a very thin layer necessary to run
and optimise the application and it's the hypervisor layer that
actually runs the underlying infrastructure all the interactions."
As far as Harapin is concerned, therefore, the writing is on the wall
for Microsoft Windows as the massively dominant x86 operating system.
"It's not going to happen tomorrow but I think everyone can see that's
where the industry is headed. That's why certain companies are looking
at gaming consoles and Internet companies as sources of revenue now
versus waiting for later."
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