The virtualization road map that Microsoft laid out at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference includes a lightweight "hypervisor" layer of code that will be built into the next major version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, to support the creation of virtual machines.
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Microsoft plans to adopt an architecture similar to the one VMware uses -- a point that VMware seized upon as a validation of its technical direction. But Microsoft said vendors won't be able to differentiate themselves on virtualization alone once the technology is supported in operating systems and chips .
The virtualization road map that Microsoft laid out at its Windows Hardware Engineering Conference includes a lightweight "hypervisor" layer of code that will be built into the next major version of Windows, code-named Longhorn, to support the creation of virtual machines.
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