The richest view, code-named Aero Glass, sports the fanciest bells and whistles, such as translucent windows that come to life when opened or maximized. As with Windows XP Service Pack 2, security remains at the forefront of Microsoft's development...
The company will also, he said, step up support for running Linux-based virtual machines in a service pack update to its Virtual Server product later this year. A Microsoft representative demonstrated Virtual Server running instances of Red Hat...
It could come in a service pack release after the debut of Longhorn Server, Muglia said. The software will differ from Microsoft's existing Virtual Server product, he added. A recent update to Virtual Server allows companies to run Linux and other...
Specifically, it said it is developing so-called hypervisor software, code-named Viridian, to host multiple operating systems on one machine. Microsoft said it has developed software to simplify the installation of Linux distributions from Red Hat...
And Service Pack 1 for the current Virtual Server 2005 R2 product won't appear until later this quarter. Microsoft has delayed an update to its current virtualisation software and the beta debut of its next-generation successor code-named Viridian.
A Microsoft spokesperson said: "We already substantially support IS29500 [the Open XML specification that was recently approved by ISO/IEC members] in Office 2007 and we've announced our plans to update that support in the next version of Office...
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