| Next Microsoft Virtual Server slips to 2007 |
| Wednesday, 29 March 2006 by Michel Roth | |||
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"The SP1 (Service Pack 1) update to Virtual Server 2005 R2 will include support for two chip features, Intel's Virtualisation and Advanced Micro Devices' Virtualisation, that ease the task. Previously it had been scheduled to arrive in the fourth quarter, but a Microsoft representative confirmed the slip on Tuesday. The postponement comes on the heels of Microsoft's delays of Windows Vista and Office 2007. "Quality always takes priority over timeline," the Microsoft representative said. Microsoft's top competitors have suffered similar setbacks. Market leader VMware had planned to release its next top-end ESX Server product, version 3.0, by the end of March but gave itself three more months. The other major competitor, the open-source Xen project, had planned to release its version 3.0 by August 2005 but in fact didn't release it until December." Read the full article here.
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