"Dual core may be the buzz of the week, but Microsoft had some big announcements of its own. At this week's Microsoft management summit in Las Vegas, CEO Steve Ballmer unveiled the beta version of Virtual Server 2005 Service Pack 1 (SP1). The production version of SP1 is expected to be ready by the end of the year.
"Although SP1's 64-bit compatibility and support for Windows Server 2003 x64 editions is getting much of the press, of key significance to those outside of the Windows community is that the wall may be coming down: Ballmer announced its Virtual Server 2005 software will run non-Windows virtual machines..."
