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3:50 PM
by Gene
Along with the buzz-making news that it was bringing Intel inside its computers, Apple on Monday touted the fact that it will deliver the two-millionth copy of its new operating system, Tiger, by the end of this week. The next version of Mac OS X, said Apple chief executive Steve Jobs, dubbed "Leopard," will roll out about the time Microsoft's Longhorn is scheduled to ship.
"The response to Tiger is off the charts," crowed Jobs in a statement....
"We intend to release Leopard at the end of 2006 or early 2007, right around the time Microsoft expects to release Longhorn," Jobs said.
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Microsoft reiterated plans to launch its own Windows-based "hypervisor" software for running multiple operating systems.
Bob Muglia, senior vice president in the Windows Server Division, said on Tuesday that the software will be "built directly in Windows and will allow companies to virtualize multiple operating systems."Do I smell another useless battle for universal domination coming on?