Microsoft has delayed until early 2007 an update for Microsoft Virtual Server, a technology that lets a computer run multiple incarnations of Windows simultaneously. The SP1 update to Virtual Server 2005 R2 will include support for two chip features, Intel’s Virtualization and AMD’s Virtualization, that ease the task. Previously it had been scheduled to arrive in the fourth quarter, but a Microsoft representative confirmed the slip on Tuesday.
Oh well, another day, another delay. Who’d have guessed?
The day they announced a delay on the arrival of the next staff paycheck will be when the fun really starts.
This is becoming hilarious. Has all of Microsoft gone on vacation for the rest of the year or do they think that the competition is that sub-par that it needs a head start?
Ah, well. I’m not complaining. as this gives more power (and time) to the alterntives! 🙂
Virtual Server is in desperate need of an update, performance is terrible compared to VMWare (and even compared to Virtual PC).
>performance is terrible
Since when do monopolists care about performance or quality?
Is this the third blow in about weeks worth of time? I feel kind of bad for the group honestly. That is a lot of dates to fall back on, but I also wonder exactly what’s going on inside MS these days to cause all these things to happen… at any rate, I feel as if we’ll be seeing quite a large year coming in 2007. Redemption, or so MS may hope.
Maybe this is just a temporary thing to occur while whatever is going down (an MS shakedown?) and they may hit the marks earlier. Better safe than sorry, right?
I wonder if this has to do with anything from (1) bluehat or (2) VM rootkit discovery
In one weeks worth of time. Posted too quickly haha.
I think there was an internal Microsoft memo 6 months ago saying that all Microsoft products will be delayed until hell freezes over. Unfortunately this memo was delayed, so people aren’t receiving it until now. 🙂