Uh Oh. MS acquiring Connectix...

[btoneill]

According to a news.com article (http://news.com.com/2100-1001-985149.html?tag=fd_top) MS isn't going to kill the Mac version.

Representatives of the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant said Virtual PC for the Mac will continue to be sold and that Microsoft plans to continue developing the software, which has more than 1 million active users. A Microsoft executive said the company did not purchase the software to kill it, nor does Microsoft plan to stop developing its native Macintosh software, such as the Mac OS X version of Office.

That should help quell rumors...

Brian

[Inline_guy]

I have worries like everyone else. But what is interesting, is despite how small the Apple market share is, 30% of all Mircosoft software sales come from the Mac BU. Which is strange if you think about. I will try to find the Article I read it in.

So for Microsoft this is a very smart business move, and it would be smart for them to continue to sell it and make it stronger.

Fingers crossed it works out for the best.

Matthew

[doemel]

Hope they won't tinker around too much since VPC 6 is pretty good in it's current version. I'm not too worried about MS killing VPC for the Mac (even on the long run), I'm just afraid of MS's lack of interest in good, stable products. Their approach to software development could easily break VPC.
Anyone else ever wonder where all the money goes that people fork out to Redmont? I personally think there's not enough of that money going into software development. I mean, that's where it should go!

[Pengu]

With the ability to run apps in Classic, Carbon, Coccoa, X11, CLI, and of course ported *NIX apps, I can't see much use for VPC now. Im not saying we don't need it, I'm just saying that surely for most people out there who think they need VPC to run that "special" peice of software, there is probably an alternative.
Also. On an unrelated note. Does anyone remember roughly what the price of Windows 98SE was?? Cus I bought (yes I bought!) VPC 3 a couple of years ago with Win98SE bundled. The whole thing cost me $AU300.

I could have sworn that Windows98 was like, 400 or 500 $$??

Do/Did connectix subsidise the lisence cost on windows? Did they get a cheap deal?
And it isn't a VPC-Only disc remember. i've used it to install windows on a friends' pc when (predictably) things just started goin screwey.
Anyways.

[macosXrumors]

Some details on last M$ acquisition on this very fresh article I just posted there:

http://www.macosXrumors.com

Based on two sources that I still can't rate as "verified" though but that had already mentioned that acquisition on their recent mails.

[wiz]

Originally posted by Jason
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-985149.html?tag=fd_top

that link mentions...

hmm or so they say.

they know mac users are a lot smarter than the winows users.

its easy to fool a windows users into buying a new *cheap* windows os.

but the faithful mac dudes will never change.
They use alternatives instead!

-- so caution!! : read between the lines.

its either the end for windows on mac. or the end for everything else on mac through virtual PC. (Linux, and others...) or more (who knows?)

It could also, possibly mean a technology bought my MS, to use osx on windows *how cheap!!*

This VirtualMachine like tech holds a lot of flexibility!!

just get ready.

[jeb1138]

Even though we might not need VirtualPC a lot of potential switchers need VirtualPC to get them to make the switch. I've talked to a couple of switchers for whom VirtualPC was the app that pushed them over the edge.... Even if it is slow, it still means you can bring your existing copy of Windows over and be positive that everything will work by turning to VirtualPC if nothing else works out.

MS says they won't kill it, I hope they're telling the truth....

Now if Apple went AMD/Intel it would be much easier for them to make their own VirtualPC....

[dixonbm]

Originally posted by doemel
Anyone else ever wonder where all the money goes that people fork out to Redmont? I personally think there's not enough of that money going into software development. I mean, that's where it should go!

Well, we know now that MS is going to start giving dividends. Finally investors will receive some kind of benefit without having to liquidate their shares.

My guess is that much of their R&D cash was being flushed down a toilet that includes XBOX.