[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.

[RightOnTheLeftCoast]

"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."

Oh, so do I. As I type, I have three OSes running on this system-- two Windows instances and the Linux instance in which I'm typing this reply. Very useful.

So I agree, and believe you're entirely correct, except for the Parallels part. I'm still so mad at them that I would not wish them on even Microsoft. Especially with the very decent open-source alternatives currently available. And, MS has its own virtualization technologies (VPC being the least of 'em). And then there's VMWare-- industrial-class stuff, and my current preference. So what you're thinking could happen.