Linked by David Haring on Thu 15th Apr 2004 21:14 UTC
Imagine this scenario: you need to run your favorite application under Linux but the application has not been ported to Linux yet and there is no other alternative that would completely suit your needs. Or you need to work with several operating systems.
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As a software approach, project Xen from Cambridge tries to do that, with trivial modifications done ot operating systems. Linux is already running with almost full speed, but AFAIK Microsoft resists to port Windows for various reasons.
As a hardware one, the Vanderbuilt architecture of Intel is going to provide hardware virtualization. But this would be introduced 2006 at the earliest.