Need to run RHEL4 or SUSE Sever 9.0 on your Windows computer. Microsoft just made it a free download.
Much can be speculated, but I will leave that for another forum. Found in Google Tech News: http://www.betanews.com/article/MS_Virtual_Server_Free_Supports_Linux/1144084156 MS Virtual Server Free, Supports Linux By Ed Oswald, BetaNews April 3, 2006, 1:49 PM While most of the buzz at this week's LinuxWorld in Boston is intended to revolve around the open-source operating system, Microsoft on Monday decided to use a backdrop of the semi-annual Linux confab to make some waves of its own. The company has announced that it would support those customers who decide to run Linux under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2. Installations of Red Hat and SUSE Linux have been made simpler through software created by the Redmond company. Additionally, Microsoft would provide technical support for those who decide to run both through virtualization. -------------------------------------------------------- http://www.redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=7317 April 4, 2006 by Stuart J. Johnston Microsoft on Monday made Virtual Server 2005 Release 2 (R2) Enterprise Edition available immediately as a no-charge download. It also released plug-ins to let customers run leading Linux distributions on Virtual Server 2005, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9.
