| Windows will be killed by virtual appliances: VMware exec |
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| by Stan Beer | |
| Wednesday, 16 July 2008 | |
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"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." CONTINUED |
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