I give it a month ..
.. before most VM providers such as VMware and VirtualBox come up with an emulator mode.
I think Microsoft really has to start rethinking what it is doing here. I get so many requests for migration advice that to me it's evident it has pushed too far. It already sprung a formidable user base leak with Vista, but it appears intend on further opening the gash in the slowly sinking ship.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
