[Ti] [OT] Micro$oft acquires Virtual PC - the kiss of death ?

[Dave Friesen]

Of course don't even act surprised if they kill the product. VPC give an
actual incentive for Switchers.

On the other hand it does give them a reason to sell more copies of Windows.

On 2/20/03 3:23 PM, "Michael Bigley" <wakinyan at fuse.net> wrote:

>>> On the surface, it doesn't seem like good news. But the Mac
>>> Business Unit at Microsoft has managed to turn out a version of
>>> Office for Mac that is definitely better than the MS office for XP.
>>> So, take it with a grain of salt, i know I will. The MBU is a
>>> pretty dedicated bunch of folks over there. Connectix hasn't done
>>> me any favors over the years.
> 
> I agree. Let the MBU have at VPC.  M$ does not perceive Macs as a
> threat; they are not in the hardware business; if they are getting a
> few hundred bucks for any percentage of Macs sold it is in their best
> interest to keep that product working well.
> 
> Notice that they are not continuing the Linux version; Linux is a
> perceived threat to M$, so they are not going to help them along.


-- Dave Friesen