Microsoft In Final Talks To Buy Softricity

Friday, 19 May 2006 by Michel Roth

Everybody knew this was going to happen sooner or later but now it looks like the Microsoft takeover of Microsoft is just around the corner. CRN.com has sources close to Microsoft that say about the deal: "It's coming down to the final stretches". "It's not a done deal yet but it's just last minute haggling kind of stuff."

"That's not all. At its hardware conference for OEMs next week, Microsoft is expected to announce plans to accelerate the delivery of its homegrown virtualization hypervisor code-named "Viridian" and will formally debut plans for a virtualization management platform code-named Carmine."

"The deal with Softricity -- which hit the rumor mill earlier this week -- is expected to be finished before the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle next week. Sources say Microsoft at WinHEC also will unveil Virtual DLL, a feature for Windows Vista developed in conjunction with Softricity."

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