Thanks Matthew of Activewin. VMware, a maker of software that lets Intel computers run several operating systems simultaneously, will announce a major new customer Monday: Microsoft. VMware CEO Diane Greene said Microsoft has started distributing her company's software to some of its salespeople, who can use it to simplify software demonstrations that normally require the use of several computers. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed.
About 6,000 Microsoft salespeople have been given DVDs that include demonstrations of Microsoft's .Net software, which at its core involves interactions between desktop software and servers, said Darryl Ramm, director of advanced technology and manager of the Microsoft relationship. For example, one demo lets Microsoft Word use XML to tap into .Net servers, he said. Using VMware, salespeople can run such a demo on a single laptop. VMware sells versions of its software for workstations and servers and lets a Linux or Windows system run several versions of either operating system or of several other OSes.
News source: CNet
