Wednesday, February 19, 2003

Apple pushes MPEG4 with DRM, encryption [The Macintosh News Network] 10:16:53 PM

Microsoft Expected To Acquire Connectix [MacSlash: A daily dose of Macintosh News and Discussion] 10:16:33 PM

Microsoft acquires Virtual PC from Connectix [MacCentral] 10:16:21 PM

MS acquires Connectix Virtual PC, other apps [The Macintosh News Network] Microsoft is acquiring some assets of Connectix, including VirtualPC software that permits Windows to run on a Mac and an unreleased server program, according to c|net. Microsoft, which plans to announce the deal on Thursday, said that some Connectix employees will join Microsoft, that Virtual PC for the Mac will continue to be sold and that it plans to continue developing the software, which has more than 1 million active users. CRN has more details on Microsoft's bid to enter the server consolidation market, using Connectix technology to "allow customers to carve out multiple partitions on a single Intel-based server, allowing them to run multiple instances of a single operating system and multiple workloads. ...Virtual Server is a native Windows-based server application that enables customers to run a wide range of server operating systems including Windows, Linux, Unix, OS/2 and DOS, concurrently on a single physical server, within isolated virtual machines." 10:12:46 PM