[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"...they could acquire Parallels..."

Oh, that's rich. There is not a single company out there with worse support for Windows users than Parallels. The rage among Windows-host customers who've plunked down their "bargain" $49 for the buggy, virtually unmaintained 2006 piece of utter garbage that is Parallels Workstation 2.2 is unmatched in the entire PC marketplace. Those who have actually attempted to get support from Parallels have murder on their minds. Trust me on this. Parallels is the last company MS wants anything to do with.

[Spktyr]

Which means that the press release announcing MS’ acquisition of Parallels is probably due out Friday, right? :D

[Sunnyflorida]

“Oh, that’s rich. There is not a single company out there with worse support for Windows users than Parallels. The rage among Windows-host customers who’ve plunked down their “bargain” $49 for the buggy, virtually unmaintained 2006 piece of utter garbage that is Parallels Workstation 2.2 is unmatched in the entire PC marketplace.”

Well sounds like MSFT software - perfect fit. LOL

Seriously, I think you miss my point. Parallels is a great way to run windows apps on a Unix kernel. I do it every day. With this version of Parallels MSFT could offer backwards compatibility for “legacy” (XP) apps.