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The software maker says it is retiring several of its older products, including Windows 98, to comply with a court order related to Sun Microsystems and Java.
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Software giant Microsoft and start-up VMware are bringing closer to mainstream use a technology for running multiple instances of an operating system on a single Intel-based computer.
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Microsoft this week started beta testing its Virtual Server, a program that enables a single server to run multiple operating systems.
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