Great post at
Friction and Harmony:
Making Microsoft the Penguin�s Bitch
Take a close look. Microsoft has validated my installation of Windows XP and is telling me that I�m eligible for a honey of a deal on an upgrade to Microsoft Vista. Sweet! (Ha - NOT!)
Big deal? Sure. Now look where Windows XP is running�
IN A VIRTUAL MACHINE UNDER LINUX!!
Heh.
Now I can have my native MS Office applications and documents without having to run a dual-boot system! (�although my system still has dual-boot capability installed with GRUB.)
Now that *is* sweet!
Oh, and yes, it runs quite beautifully with Beryl installed. And Windows XP has no clue that it�s running in a sandbox�
Very cute technique. Linux has advanced more in the last few years than any Microsoft product. XP is now the stable operating system of choice. I have one machine with Vista on it (the back office computer used for accounting and some web design) and it has had its share of issues. I would not install Vista on a production machine for another year at least.
And regarding the server market, Linux (and other Unixes) owns the server market. From
Netcraft:
Three of the 10 most most reliable hosts run their web sites on Linux, two on Windows, three on FreeBSD and one on Solaris.
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