Where There's Competition, There's Smoke.
For instance, consider a message from FWB Software (makers of the useful tool Hard Disk Toolkit) (via MacNN)that FWB will return to making RealPC, a descendant of the old SoftWindows PC emulator that was squashed into oblivion by the Connectix Virtual PC juggernaut.
Apparently, Connectix and FWB made an agreement not to make competing product, which led Connectix to stop any diagnostic repair tool development and, in turn, FWB stopped work on RealPC. Now that Microsoft has bought Virtual PC technology, FWB feels that the deal is off and its hammerin' time. This is a good thing in terms of consumer choice, but then FWB better get out the salve, as rarely does Microsoft leave its opponents without something being bloodied.
In other news, Apple announced the availabilty of Shake 3, a powerful digital compositing app. This software was owned by another company that Apple acquired a year or so ago. Shake was available for Windows as well as Mac OS, but no more--this version works only for UNIX platforms such as Mac OS X, Linux, and IRIX. Here's continues another shot across the bow in the graphic domination battle.
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